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U.S. Government Sometimes Jams Keyless Car Locks?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can-they-jam-cel-phones-too-please dept.

PizzaFace writes "The Washington Post reports that in certain towns (generally near military bases), on certain days (such as the day an aircraft carrier returns to port), keyless car entry systems and remote garage door openers mysteriously fail. While some frustrated motorists blame aliens, the FCC says the jammed frequencies belong to the U.S. military. The good ol' Post even tracks down a government contractor who all-but-confirms the source of the interference."

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  1. Da gubmint done it? by mr.scoot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And I thought it was just my flaky remote. Bah.

  2. US Govt modded up my post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Are you using WINDOWS? If so, YOU MIGHT BE EVIL! Evil is UN-AMERICAN and AGAINST FREEDOM. Don't join the evil doers, USE LINUX!!! This important message brought to you by #cablemodemwarez

  3. Not funny? by the_bard17 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apparently the moderators didn't think so ;o).

  4. From Professor Avi Rubin by goBU18 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Professor Avi Rubin of Johns Hopkins University spoke about the whole fiasco of eVoting at the USENIX '04 conference in Boston last week. He spoke of his experiences working on this issue in a panel session "The Politicization of Security," along with Gary McGraw of Cigital, Professor Ed Felton of Princeton, and Jeff Grove of the ACM. From what Professor Rubin said, the electronic voting is a very politically charred issue. Companies like Diabold developing technologies have strong political ties, and yes, the system is targeted for abuse. Professor Rubin spoke of how difficult it was to work with the government. He received tons of phone calls from both sides, Democrats and Republicans questioning him left and right. Professor Rubin's goal is to be partisan, and it's incredibly hard to do because the Democrats and Republicans can't sit on the same table together at all. There's so much fighting and bickering over the issue from both parties because the notion is "we don't want the other guy to win." Professor Rubin was called to testify in front of Congress about the technology and limitations of eVoting and the meeting time has been changed or cancelled so many times. The punchline from Professor Rubin was "Partisanship has never been worse."