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For the time being, I just store my keys in a little cast iron dutch oven, sitting on top of the fridge. It's extremely effective as a shield for the 125kHz LF
by myself248 1y ago
For the time being, I just store my keys in a little cast iron dutch oven, sitting on top of the fridge.
It's extremely effective as a shield for the 125kHz LF wake-up signal, and I've been unable to elicit a response when they're in there, even with a relay setup that reliably wakes them up from several feet away otherwise.
- stavros 1y agoUnrelatedly, I didn't realize "Dutch oven" had a non-fart-related meaning, thanks for the new word.
- xeromal 1y agohaha, I think the fart connotation is just that you're trapped with the lid (blanket) on.
- stavros 1y agoIt all makes sense now.
- onionisafruit 1y agoI learn something new here every day. - I ain’t cut out to be Jessie James -You don’t go writing hot checks down in Mississippi - Dutch oven has a non fart meaning
- karmajunkie 1y agoMy father used to be a prosecutor in MS, and one of my earliest going-to-work-with-dad memories is watching him sign off on warrants for people writing hot checks. I asked him once if he thought that was a bit heavy-handed and he gave me a very stern lecture about people who write hot checks. So yeah, don't do that in Mississippi.
- onionisafruit 1y agoMy mother told me I would end up in massive unrecoverable debt if I didn’t keep my check book balanced, and if I kept it up for too long I would be arrested for fraud. She was from MS, so that tracks. My prev comment was just quoting Johnny Cash. Had I thought about it, I probably would have assumed that “writing hot checks” was in the song because it’s sort of an amateur crime that landed him in the prison where he learned his lessons. Of course it has to be Mississippi for the chain gang reference.
- baud147258 1y agoFunnily enough, I think that's the first time I heard that Dutch oven has another meaning, beyond the cooking apparatus.
- abirch 1y agoI purchased some cheap key fob faraday bags on Amazon. The bags work while I'm in the car.
- brk 1y agoYour microwave oven also makes a good Faraday cage.
- asciimov 1y agoThat's an expensive mistake waiting to happen.
- potato3732842 1y agoWhy would you ever turn on your microwave without opening it to put something in it? It's not like an oven that has to preheat.
- Figs 1y agoMistakes when setting a timer. My current microwave will complain if the door hasn't been opened recently, but my old one would just turn on if I fucked up the time entry and tried to set a timer while I already had a timer going...
- ElijahLynn 1y agoKids
- azeirah 1y agoadhd
- MyPasswordSucks 1y agoBoredom
- yurishimo 1y agoThat’s an expensive way to be bored!
- MyPasswordSucks 1y ago
- gambiting 1y agoI just don't understand why manufacturers don't follow Volvo on this - their keyless keys just go to sleep if they aren't moved for a few seconds, and they won't respond to any signal while sitting on a table for example.
- dzhiurgis 1y agoPhone based keys leapfrogged this
- hamburglar 1y agoExcept phone based keys are terrible in many other ways
- roelschroeven 1y agoThat solves part of the problem, but doesn't help when you're in a supermarket or any other event where you're moving around. My previous cars had keys that I could manually switch off and on, which is also not a full solution because it only works for people who take the effort to always do that, but at least it gives people to opportunity to complete prevent relay attacks. All in all I'm not a big fan of key-less entry. Having to press a button on a key to gain entry can maybe be a bit of an annoyance, but in my opinion it's not a big deal compared to the advantage of completely preventing relay attacks.
- gambiting 1y agoMy previous car(a Mercedes) had a very very simple solution to this - you clicked on the lock button twice and it just disabled the keyless entry entirely until you pressed any other button. >>the advantage of completely preventing relay attacks. From my understanding ToF sensors are good enough now to completely prevent relay attacks, the added time for the relay just adds too much of a delay and it gets rejected. I believe the newest range rovers use that, they went from being extremely susceptible to relay attacks to relay attacks against them being impossible.
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- chiph 1y agoYou know those Danish butter cookie tins that everyone's mom uses for sewing supplies? They also make good Faraday cages.