USB Electronic Key Impressioner could help you be gone in 60 milliseconds
By Tim Stevens 
posted February 5th 2010 9:05AM
posted February 5th 2010 9:05AM
posted February 5th 2010 9:05AM
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This is insane!
Now I have an opportunity to expand my used car dealership worldwide!
What's stopping someone from using it anyway ? no secure log in to the computer or pass to enter on the device before I am able to use it.
Grand Theft Auto just got as easy as the game.
@ElectronicRage
With modern cars this will only get you in the door, it won't start the car.
Getting in the door for a car thief is much easier than this anyway, just break the smallest window so you don't have to pay much to fix it.
Coming soon to your favourite auction site.
I can't believe they used our skeleton key for evil!
Any lady locksmiths are going to raise a few eyebrows carrying one of these in their bag.
@TC If it's proportional to a normal key it's gonna be about 3" long.
@cashclientel
If it's proportional to the USB port at the end of it, it's going to be more than 3" long... closer in size to the accessory TC implied.
@cashclientel
It's probably gonna be a little thicker than a C battery.
@cashclientel @ipxnsv @NeoJew
that's what she said...
@sinai
Sadly, that isn't really what "she" said.
@TC
And it is ribbed for her pleasure.
@TC Hell, if it helps me get in her quickly and get her engine going, I'm all for it.
Where's the triangle button?
so does this just plug into a machine that cuts keys? not that great imho if it cant do it on the fly
@Dive4Ever
Please go away
Sequel to "Gone in 60 seconds", now comes "Gone in 60 milliseconds" starring Nicolas Cage!
If only they would make it connect directly to a key cutter, then you could be gone in 30 milliseconds
If this had a composite on the end that could shape-shift into any key (even the ones for laser cut Mercedes). Then you would be gone in 60 nanoseconds!
Good luck with passing that through airport security.
That is AWESOME.
Good, this wont work on smartkey vehicles that use RIFF and Wireless authentication: fuel efficient modern vehicles not to worry then~
This will make for an interesting tool for some people~ cool idea too. This was a creative solution angle on an old problem ^^ onward with technology in application.
I am a locksmith as my second profession, and typically for auto-lockouts, I just use a pump wedge and rod. Wire hooks are very efficient too. On some cars, just for practice I have used house picks to open and start the car, or simply use jigglers.
There are many solutions for getting into a car, including this new invention, but starting it is completely different on newer models, since they typically look for a modified return signal that is caused by the 1 out of 15 different resisters commonly used in today's keys.
The resister type can be flashed, but last I checked the programmer was $4k. I don't feel guilty saying all this, because real car theifs already know it, and if someone is immoral enough to lift a car anyway, they deserve to be arrested.
Overall, cool invention. I would be more interested in using this for houses.
I guess they just don't think sometimes...honestly, this is more worse than good. It will easily fall into the wrong hands if ever released...
This could be trouble....
Wow, somebody in intelligence has been making some cash on the side. That thing bears far too close a resemblance to an older model CIA tool.
@psycros Any chance you have a picture you could share?
Nic......not Nick.....for the record.....extra credit for those who knows Nicolas Cage's original last name....google=lose!
I know this was built for cars but it's weird no one commented on the fact that it could probably be easily modified to work on other locks, suck as houses. Most houses don't have the security features that cars do...
"It will be available to locksmiths and authorized security professionals in 2010. Sorry, Nick, you'll have to find another way to get into Eleanor. "
Yeah, because a car thief would never even consider stealing.
So now it's easy for someone to steal my Cadillac even if I were to have locked my doors.
@jamesFF
if your caddy is the one in the picture, i wouldnt bother with this tool, there is alot of easier ways of getting into that bucket ;)
Looks distinctly like vapourware - there's no actual photos or mention of how this works. Impressioning hasn't yet been automated in any other way.
Yes, and I'm sure it will never make its way out of locksmiths' or authorized security professionals' hands and into those of criminals. Sounds promising to me.
Haha, depends how much this costs?... is it going to be cheaper than drilling and replacing 100 locks, compared to this unit and getting 100 keys cut.
Hers some more usb things-
http://www.cut-rate-gizmos.com/6-usb
and and usb3.0 section :) - http://www.cut-rate-gizmos.com/14-usb-3