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Ontario may let police seize car fob hacking tools in auto theft crackdown | Globalnews.ca

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Ontario is proposing changes to the Highway Traffic Act to allow police to search for and seize electronic devices used in auto theft.

Police have been increasingly concerned about a trend in Ontario that has seen car thieves relying on various electronic devices to trick and trip car locks and ignitions.

Items police could look for include key fob programming devices, fob scanners and even some smartphone applications.

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