<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Car Alarms]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Car Alarms]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/car alarms http://jalopnik.com/tag/car alarms <![CDATA[ Tim Robbins Really Doesn't Like Car Alarms ]]> .syn{font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;color:#999;}.syn A{color:#999;}

Let's say you're Tim Robbins for a minute (we know, only in your dreams), and in your latest movie play a guy living in New York City whose wife plays the cello and a car alarm goes off. That would be enough to make you spin out and become a bizarre anti-car alarm vigilante calling himself the "Rectifier," right? Well, maybe not. But that's the premise of a new movie called "Noise" (why not "The Rectifier"). If you're frustrated by the agonies of the occasional car alarm and find yourself fantasizing about vandalizing unattended cars whose alarms are going off, this movie has your name written all over it. Make the jump for a nice little preview.


]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:00 EDT Ben Wojdyla http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=388200&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ German Scientists Crack Remote Code, Cars And Garages Vulnerable To Blitzkrieg ]]> Ever wonder how all the remote openers in the world don't set each other off on a regular basis? It all has to do with the mysterious KeeLoq security system, made by Microchip Technology. The system is used by quite a few automakers in their remote keyfobs and in garage door openers to keep things secure. Well, the rascally Germans at Ruhr University decided to figure out how it works, and along the way they developed a way to duplicate those codes. Whoops. When reached for comment, MT relied on a canned statement saying "These theoretical attacks are not unique to the KeeLoq system and could be applied to virtually any security system." Hopefully you've got backup locks for your stuff. [SundayHerald]

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Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:30:00 EDT Ben Wojdyla http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=377967&view=rss&microfeed=true