Soldato
My next car has keyless entry, no choice in the matter really as it comes with an option pack. Question is, would it be better to keep the spare in a farady pouch or just take the battery out?
Keyless entry / spare key
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Well if they want a car they'll take it, but the question is what's the best way to store the spare key, which quite possibly won't be getting used.
chuck it in a drawer and forget about it? Been that way for years..... If someone wants the car, they will get it. Don't over think it.
Faraday pouch should be fine
Soldato
Indeed, you’re simply preventing the rest of the world from “hearing” the signals from your key fob.
Just doing my bit for society
Because we keep the keys seperate, one is stored away upstairs in a drawer and the other one constantly used. I don't remember ever actiually having to use the spare with any car.
I'll just get a cheap faraday pouch for it.
Associate
As I understand it, faraday cages do not block outbound signals, only inbound, unless they're grounded.
faraday here local police station when open gave us ours free just had to pop in something with crime stoppers i think. bright red lol .
you see the same ones advertised on the bay.
works as i often forget and find i cant open the car without taking the handset out
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and eventually i will get out of the habit of locking the car on the car park and immediatly checking the door is locked , which of course it isnt cause i just unlocked it lol.
you see the same ones advertised on the bay.
works as i often forget and find i cant open the car without taking the handset out
)).and eventually i will get out of the habit of locking the car on the car park and immediatly checking the door is locked , which of course it isnt cause i just unlocked it lol.
If it's a spare key and it's home when the car isn't why does it need to be kept in a faraday pouch?
Can the code from the key be copied and stored, ready to be used when the car is back?
Soldato
There's lots of very easy ways to steal cars nowadays, don't bother yourself with taking batteries out of it or hiding it anywhere, you're just inconveniencing yourself. A lot of cars don't even need the key to be stolen now anyway.
With how easy cars are to steal now you may as well leaving it hanging on your front door for all the difference it'll make
With how easy cars are to steal now you may as well leaving it hanging on your front door for all the difference it'll make
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Don
Strictly speaking I don't think they are faraday pouches, rather just RFID blocking pouches. The term Faraday has just been borrowed as a generic term for something that blocks signals.
Presumably when it's at home then the main key is also in a Faraday pouch, the whole point being to block any signals when the car is parked in a known location to prevent signal repeating attacks.
Soldato
They work both ways equally well. Grounding is an additional precaution to protect equipment and personnel from EMPs or lightning strikes.
Associate
My Peugeot does the same.
Underboss
or just goto a vehicle security specialist and ask them to swap the alarm system over or something?