Keyless technology and baddies

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  • #160936
    FiestaRed
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      Does anyone take any extra precautions when they put their car keys away overnight?

      There seems to be so many stories about the theft of key signals with people apparently able to clone car key signals without even having to get hold of the keys. Is it really a problem?

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    • #160938
      Wigwam
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        It’s not a problem if you keep your keys away from the front of your house, or in a metal box, or in a ‘faraday’ pouch.  It’s also not a problem if your keys have a sleep mode which I’m told most makers introduced about 18 months ago.  Otherwise it might be a problem, depending on your local environment, but certainly not as much as so called journalists producing cheap copy would like their readers to believe.

        #160939
        Karen

          I bought Faraday bags from eBay. Spare key in the case in a cupboard, regular key in a case in the drawer. Neither key will start the car when they’re in the case so I’m happy.

          #160941
          Oscarmax
          Participant

            We fit a Stoplock Pro Elite

            Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.

            #160942
            juie

              I bought a faraday box from amazon, big enough to fit 2 sets of keys in and it lives on the shoe box in the hall.

              It was mainly for peace of mind after reading all the horror stories

              #160946
              ajn

                £6 for 2, used it when we had a short stay in a caravan park..

                #160947
                ajn

                  #160953
                  FiestaRed

                    Brilliant, thanks for all the help. Really appreciated.

                    #160962
                    Wigwam
                    Participant

                      Aghh, the orange key!

                      #160971
                      ajn

                        Did you get an orange key Wigwam, I was promised it would be 2 black keys one orange and a sports stick like waterproof thing…

                        Ended up one black one orange, tbh I would’ve left the thing there, however Mrs Ajn loved it at first sight..

                        I always use the orange key anyway..

                        #160972
                        Wigwam
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                          Like you, one black, one orange. And you need the black one to profile the orange one.

                          #161163
                          Avatar photoLee Bengough

                            My main key is in box made specially for keyless keys and my spare is in my safe.

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