> key, keyless entry models can be ?tricked? into thinking a key is
> present through a transmitter and receiver device.
> If your car?s fob isn?t stored safely, then it can be very easy for a
> pair of opportune thieves to pick up the key?s radio frequency signal,
> without having to break into your house. Luckily, however, there are
> many ways in which you can make it extremely difficult for them to do
> this and protect your motor.
>
> ---- Except, how isthere any signal to pick up unless you are in your
> home pressing the Unlock button on the fob at the same time the thief
> drives by? I myself dont' bother pressing fob buttons once I've left
> the car, until I want to drive away the next day.
>
>
https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/relay-devices-being-used-to-steal-locked-cars/
When I'm close to my Lexus LS460L with keyfob in my pocket it greets me with
turning on the lights under rearview mirrors.
Then, I pull the door handle and it opens the door and unfolds the rearview
mirrors. Then, I step on the brake pedal and push the car's (not keyfob)
START button and it starts up.
Also, when I'm touching a button on the trunk with my keyfob in my pocket it
opens the trunk.
None of that happens when I have that keyfob in a copper mesh Faraday
bag/protector no matter how close I am to my car.
I don't remember pushing ANY keyfob button EVER for as long as I own that
car. I'm locking it when leaving by pressing a button on any door handle. It
locks all doors, folds the mirrors and activates security system when a
button on any door handle is pressed when keyfob is nearby and not in
Faraday bag. Won't do it if the keyfob is inside the car.
And this is true for ALL relatively modern cars with that START button. They
are ALL prone to stealing by an amplifier/receiver if keyfob is not put in a
Faraday bag. There was a video from security camera on our local Nextdoor
showing how a top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz was stolen from our neighbor's
driveway in less than a minute, from a car stopping by and a perp going out
of that car to the moment he drove away in that Mercedes.
Please, don't spread that BS about no signal unless a keyfob button is
pressed. It is simply false.
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