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Postby PYLee » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:21 pm

I just read this on projectlancer and thought it'll be good info to everyone as it's a b!tch if it happens to someone here.

How to Lock Your Car and Why

I locked my car. As I walked away I heard my car door unlock. I went back and locked my car again, three times. Each time, as soon as I started to walk away, I would hear it unlock again!! Naturally alarmed, I looked around and there were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the store. They were obviously watching me intently, and there was no doubt they were somehow involved in this very weird situation. I quickly chucked the errand I was on, jumped in my car and sped away. I went straight to the police station, told them what had happened, and found out I was part of a new, and very successful, scheme being used to gain entry into cars.



Two weeks later, my friend's son had a similar happening... While traveling, my friend's son stopped at a roadside rest to use the bathroom. When he came out to his car less than 4-5 minutes later, someone had gotten into his car and stolen his cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator, briefcase.....you name it. He called the police and since there were no signs of his car being broken into, the police told him he had been a victim of the latest robbery tactic -- there is a device that robbers are using now to clone your security code when you lock your doors on your car using your key-chain locking device..remotely. They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim. They know you are going inside the store, restaurant, or bathroom and they now have a few minutes to steal and run. The police officer said 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 instantly stolen.


This is very real.

Be wisely aware of what you just read and please pass this note on. Look how many times we all lock our doors with our remote just to be sure we remembered to lock them -- and bingo, someone has our code...and whatever was in our car.


i've heard of this cases before from my friend in Malaysia aswell, punks :x
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Postby Mizta B » Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:02 pm

Mongrels!!! :evil:
That is a really low act
I dont use my keyfob to lock as I have the smartkey option on the VRX
I push a button on the doorhandle as I leave the car and the alarm/immobilizer and doors all set.
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Postby aussie027 » Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:21 am

Hmmmm, this style of alarm code grabbing was being done in the US more than 15yrs ago.
My alarm was a high end aftermarket one and it had a rolling code that changed every time you used the remote to prevent this happening.

Very bad to see this happening here in Aust.

On the VRX with the smart key I very rarely use the remote.
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Postby Bandit » Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:08 am

ProjectLancer is a US-based site - so the anecdote in the OP might not be from Aus. Still - be careful, I have heard of it happening in Aus before!
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Postby SIR-VRX » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:03 pm

Also, it is my understanding the CJs use a rolling-code system, so the code is not the same everytime.... only makes it harder, not impossible, to crack.

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Postby Dutton » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:04 pm

Hmmm... i would have assumed all car remotes would have used rolling code these days...... even still who is to say people cant duplicate that also....

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Postby Graham » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:01 am

that seems pretty bad! I'll keep my eyes open.
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