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Re:Tesla Plans to Open Car Doors to All Hackers This Summer by mbrubeck on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @12:45PM (#9453591)
Theoretically you could use quantum key distribution, but in practice this usually requires a fiber-optic connection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_key_distribution

Edit: Nope, I am wrong, as the comments below point out.

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Re:Tesla Plans to Open Car Doors to All Hackers This Summer by sp332 on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @12:50PM (#9453637)
Even with QKD, an attacker that just passes data along without trying to read or change it is nearly undetectable.
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Re:Tesla Plans to Open Car Doors to All Hackers This Summer by Strilanc on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @12:50PM (#9453641)
I don't see how that helps. QKD stops eavesdroppers, not amplifiers.
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