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Revealed: car industry was warned keyless vehicles vulnerable to theft a decade ago
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2024
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Could anyone with more knowledge confirm, but couldn't they just do what some car companies are doing and have a system by which you can just disable keyless entry when it's parked up at night?
If I'm at home and my car is parked up where the key could potentially be repeated then I just disable it by locking the car using the key and tapping on the door handle, which disables just tapping the door handle to unlock it again, and only the unlock button on the key works. As far as I understand it resolves this issue, unless I'm missing something?
We just shut off our Toyota fobs every time we park, it's a few extra button presses on the fob but gives some piece of mind. Why they can't just put a simple power toggle on the fob that everyone could easily use when done is beyond me. Most people, Toyota employees included, didn't even know the fobs could be powered down with a button combo.