[Red Badger]

Heck, half the time mine wont work 10 feet from the car!..................

[T-Bird45]

When was the last time anybody bought coffee that was in an actual metal can????

[cuban leaf]

Well, since we leave the keys in the car when parked at home, this wouldn’t help much. :-D

[Lurkinanloomin]

I’m glad my old car has dumb locks.

My house, too.

My guns are dumb and old and will stay that way.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You can use a a Mylar potato chip bag as a Faraday cage for your phone and your smart keys:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/australian-man-uses-snack-bags-as-faraday-cage-to-block-tracking-by-employer/

[infool7]

I am in almost no danger of anyone stealing one of my old beater cars but on one of my projects we used a Flintstones’s (might have been Jetson’s) kids tin lunchbox to test handheld GPS/AMPS devices. We couldn’t detect any signal whatsoever escaping or entering from outside the box.

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[Retvet]

Maybe We should revert to regular keys. Onceagain knowledge runs ahead of wisdon. Maybe engineers aren’t so well educated.

[ChildOfThe60s]

One more reason not to fill your garage with crap and park your cars outside.

In the 34 years I’ve owned two homes with 2 car garages I have never parked either car outside. I now keep a motorcycle in the garage with two cars. Yep, the garage is kept pretty organized LOL.

At least once a year, one or more cars in the neighborhood gets robbed or vandalized. No one here seems to get the message.

[butlerweave]

Ours is just a Key with remove nothing ,LOL

[9422WMR]

Don’t you have to push the button to transmit the signal to open your car door?
My 2016 ford does not transmit the code all the time for someone to scan and duplicate.
More worried about credit cards than my vehicle key fob.
And you coffee snobs: we only buy coffee in a can. Go to any grocery store and they offer dozens of options in cans, hard metal cans....

[gunnyg]

Technology is just warp & woof of “rigged”!
GyG@PlanetWTF?
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[exnavy]

There is no “Key fob” for a 1997 ford ranger.

[cyclotic]

Go ahead. One of mine is a company car. Care les if it gets ripped off.

My personal car is a five speed. Nuff said.

My wife’s car is insured.

[Celerity]

“Copying code from key fobs isn’t difficult. “

These fobs have had code scanning, thousands of times per minute, since 1991.

WTF ?

[IndispensableDestiny]

“You know it works if you can’t unlock a car door when the fob is inside.”

Great, so if you want to unlock the door, what do you do? Take it out to use and be prone to interception? Likewise, what is the point of keeping it in a can when at home?

[Do_Tar]

I’ll just keep it under my tinfoil hat!

[MeganC]

Or just have an enterprising mechanic remove the electronic crap from your car and install a keyed system.

[goodnesswins]

Help me understand...is a car key fob constantly sending? Or just when you use it?

[goodnesswins]

I guess this answers my question..."Thieves can buy legitimate devices that amplify the fob signal sitting unprotected in a purse, a pocket, on a counter at home or even just copy the code to access the vehicle. "

[M Kehoe]

And always be aware of your surroundings.

Hands out of pockets and your head on a swivel.

Sad.

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