XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.electornics.design   
   From: chop654@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:19:34 +1100, micky  wrote:   
      
   > In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 28 Dec 2022 17:06:20 -0500, Ed Pawlowski   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 12/28/2022 4:26 PM, chop wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 29 Dec 2022 08:03:38 +1100, micky    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> ---- 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?   
   >>>   
   >>> Precisely.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Nope.  My car even has  Smart Trunk (optional setting).  If the car is   
   >> locked and I approach it from the rear, when about three feet away it   
   >> knows I'm there and opens the trunk for me. Nice when hands are full.   
   >>   
   >> There is a very limited distance though.  No buttons need be pressed,   
   >> the car senses the proximity of the fob.   
   >   
   > The guy in NextDoor who raised t his subject replied to me: "No. Push   
   > button cars are in constant communication with the key fob when close   
   > enough for signal. Once the signal is amplified, the device they are   
   > using can unlock the car.   
      
   Not with the best rolling code systems.   
      
   > Once inside, they can insert another device   
   > into the ODB port which reprograms the key encryption to whatever they   
   > like."   
      
   That's wrong too.   
      
   > He envisions being close enough to the fob when the fob is in the house   
   > but near the door and everyone is asleep, then unlocking and stealing   
   > the whole car.  Possible?   
      
   Nope, not with the best rolling code systems.   
      
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