Several car manufacturers require the use of special scan tools to reprogram their key fobs. Some license those tools out to locksmiths and auto repair shops.

Misplaced or lost your car key? Getting it replaced doesn't always have to cost an arm and a leg. Here's how to do it for cheap — plus how to keep your key safe, according to thrifty Redditors.

Key programming uses a device developed by hackers that plugs into a diagnostic port in the car, then allows them to programme a blank key fob as if it's the genuine key for that car. Once done, that ...

To protect your key fob signal from potential theft, a cybersecurity expert suggests an inexpensive trick - wrapping it in aluminum foil.

Get an RFID blocker: This kind of signal stealing isn't just a problem for car key fobs. Newer passports and other identification contain radio frequency identification chips.

A tenant posted a viral TikTok after discovering how to clone a key fob for just $13 using an RFID device from Amazon. He said his apartment wanted $50 to replace his key fob that stopped working.

He went on, “I bought a Samsonite RFID pouch from Staples, put my fob wholly in the pouch, stood about 10 feet from my car, a 2004 Audi A6, and pressed the buttons from the outside.