Important info on locking your vehicles

[amsoilman]

("It's a bother, I know, if you have (and paid extra for) a locking device for your car doors,

one that beeps when you lock up and then check it out, BUT this advice is, as Snopes says,

"verified and approved. " It goes with the unsaid advice: Don't leave belongings in the car.

Visible and ripe for the taking - put them in the trunk! . . . . You've been warned . . Wayne")



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Snopes verified & approved... So Be Warned!



I locked my car --- as I walked away I heard my car door unlock I went back and locked my car again three times. I looked around and there were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the store. When I looked straight at them they did not unlock my car again.



How to lock your car safely... ..... While traveling my son stopped at a roadside park. He came out to his car less than 45 minutes later and found someone had gotten into his car, and stolen his cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator briefcase..... you name it ... Called the police and since there were no signs of his car being broken into - the police told him that there is a device that robbers are using now to clone your security code when you lock your doors on your car using y our key-chain locking device. . They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim.



They know you are going inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom and have a few minutes to steal and run. The police officer said to be sure to manually lock your car door-by hitting the lock button inside the car, that way if there is someone sitting in a parking lot watching for their next victim it will not be you.



When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting... it does not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the door lock on your key chain it sends the code through the airwaves where it can be stolen, something totally new to us... and real. Be aware of this and please pass this note on.

 

[DBrickel]

Great info. Thanks much

 

[EricBu12]

WOW!. . Good to know. . seems reasonable that could happen.

Will send this on to a E-mail forward

 

[kenny61]

Keep everything out of site and out of your car. around here the criminals punch your lock out in 10 seconds and grab everything in sight. Most "victims" would be happy if they had their vehicles opened this way and not damaged

 

[ScottLewis]

Read the full Snopes comment of this issue and draw your own conclusions. To me it seems the problem may be overstated based on the article. Read it to the end.



The url there is: snopes.com: Code Grabbers and Remote Keyless Entry





Dan

 

[MLee]

I heard this a couple years ago that this technology was out there and to be aware because it might be coming to your area. So in parking lots I use the door lock, not the remote. The only remote that would work to prevent this, is the one that changes the code each time it is set.

 

[Forrest Nearing]

so how do they figure out the unlock code if all they record is the lock code?

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

Wonder how long - or if it already exists! - to similarly capture your credit card info when you use it for routine purchases, then make a bootleg CC for theft purposes - could easily be done with a laptop and minimal accessories...

 

[rbattelle]

I find it highly unlikely this is actually happening. Did you guys read the snopes article? Remember - assume anything that comes to you via email is completely false.

Anyway, I hate those keyless entry systems - the remotes are HUGE! My truck doesn't have one, and I refuse to carry the one for my wife's car.

Of course, I also have no cell phone, so I'm obviously old-fashioned!

Ryan

 

[MLee]

so how do they figure out the unlock code if all they record is the lock code?

No doubt that something like this exsists. One can capture the signal out of the air waves, via a receiver that will record the code/signal, press a botton and open the door when you have disappeared, and then empty your vehicle, or just take it. This is usually bottom line of the intent.

 

[mcsinfl]

I read about this a year or two ago. You can supposedly buy the units that read codes off ebay for about $100. I always use the inner door lock in parking lots.

 

[kenny61]

It exists. same can be done with your garage door opener. Thats why rolling code technology was created. Just remember what ever is created can be uncreated. How many of you have unsecured wi-fi networks in your house / business? I find em all the time on my laptop.....

 

[DBrickel]

I find it highly unlikely this is actually happening. Did you guys read the snopes article? Remember - assume anything that comes to you via email is completely false.



Anyway, I hate those keyless entry systems - the remotes are HUGE! My truck doesn't have one, and I refuse to carry the one for my wife's car.



Of course, I also have no cell phone, so I'm obviously old-fashioned!



Ryan

the technology exists to intercept your cell phone numbers. I know because mine was a few years back so it is no great leap to intercept your remote locks or probably not even your credit cards in the right enviroment

 

[CJ8Rockcrawler]

There was a segment on the Today show last week or the week before about the CC cloning and how easily it can be done. For less that $100 anyone can buy the equipment to clone your card at a restaurant/store whatever swipe your card through their equipment and capture your data and then swipe it through the store's equipment to complete your purchase.

 

[JOdell]

. How many of you have unsecured wi-fi networks in your house / business? I find em all the time on my laptop.....

This floors me. I can sit on my front porch and find 3 or 4 unsecured networks in my neighborhood. If I recall it wasn't that hard to set my network secure. Now I don't know how to get onto someones computer through their network, but I am sure someone does. We do all of our banking and bill paying online. (Real easy to click a button and send a payment rather than write the check, buy stamps & get to the Post Office. ) So far we haven't been hacked, but I know its coming. -Jason

 

[bighammer]

So maybe I should lock and quit leaving the keys in the ignition?

They could get the code and lock me out of my own truck.

 

[peobryant]

Things like this make me glad I have an older truck. I don't have to worry about someone getting in unnoticed. If they get in, I will know, and hopefully be able to do something about it. Then again, most people wouldn't try to break into an older truck, they would probably go for a newer model vehicle. If anything they would break into my tooldbox, which is unlocked most of the time anyway...

 

[magothy1]

I'm still laughing at ( with ) Ryan and the no cell phone, my sincerest congrads, I sure wish I could do it ! Any radio signal can be picked up, I see and hear folks buying with credit cards on cell phones, financial suicide, it seems to me. This keyless theft seems like it could easily happen. It's pretty interesting how hard alot of scumbags will work to not work, if you know what I mean. Also, never underestimate a crackhead, they are pretty stupid, but can get right clever when the devil comes a'calling. Happy New Year to all.

 

[kenny61]

Things like this make me glad I have an older truck. I don't have to worry about someone getting in unnoticed. If they get in, I will know, and hopefully be able to do something about it. Then again, most people wouldn't try to break into an older truck, they would probably go for a newer model vehicle. If anything they would break into my tooldbox, which is unlocked most of the time anyway...

The crakheads in the BRonx will smash your window if they see loose change in your car. Stupid *******s don't even check the door to see if its unlocked. My friend started leaving his windows open because just leaving it unlocked didnt work.....

Most vehicles are stolen for parts. Age doesn't matter as much as the popularity and demand for parts for the vehicle

 

[firefighter_2000]

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