Is your car easy to steal?
Thieves don't break windows anymore — they bring radios and laptops. Ten questions, two minutes, your score out of 100, and a protection list ordered by impact. Nothing leaves your browser.
Car theft went digital
The tools got cheap, the crews got fast, and the old defenses stopped being enough.
of 800+ keyless models tested by German auto club ADAC could be opened and driven away with signal-extension gear
vehicles stolen in the UK in the year to March 2025 — the highest in over a decade (ONS figures)
typical time for a relay theft — silent, no broken glass, no trace
The four ways they take it
Relay attack
Two devices stretch your fob's signal from inside your house to the car. It thinks the key is present. It leaves.
CAN injection
Crews splice into wiring behind a headlight and send fake "key approved" messages straight to the car's nervous system.
Port cloning
A plug-in tool on the diagnostics port programs a blank fob in minutes. Your car now has a second owner.
The classics
Visible valuables, spare keys in gloveboxes, posted travel plans. Old school still works when we make it easy.
The kit
Faraday pouch
Cheapest fix on the list — kills relay attacks dead.
Steering lock
The retro bar that beats the laptop. Thieves skip what's slow and loud.
Hidden tracker
The one they don't find is the one that gets your car back.
OBD port lock
Blocks the plug-in cloning tools at the socket.
// gear categories, not endorsements — partner links may appear here later, and will be labeled when they do. Stats paraphrased from published ADAC testing, UK ONS-based reporting and industry research, checked 2026-07-17. Educational self-assessment, not a security audit.