Graduate Cryptographers Unlock Code of 'Thiefproof' Car Key

Very cool nerd-spy type of thing. Thanks to Brent Heeringa for pointing me to this story.

Check it out:
The New York Times > National > Graduate Cryptographers Unlock Code of 'Thiefproof' Car Key: "Matthew Green starts his 2005 Ford Escape with a duplicate key he had made at Lowe's. Nothing unusual about that, except that the automobile industry has spent millions of dollars to keep him from being able to do it."

posted by Dan Flies @ 2/04/2005 01:28:00 PM