Remote car unlocking

[[TW]Fox]

Please show me an example? Unless were talking about a prison.

They have spikes on the top or whatever to stop people climbing over. They are commonplace in all areas and not just used for prisons and military basis (infact these tend to have razor wire etc etc which is massively OTT for domestic use).

ie

http://www.copybook.com/security/secure-site-uk-limited/articles/security-fencing

 

[Delvis]

Yes, because that will stop people indefinitely

 

[ubersonic]

They have spikes on the top or whatever to stop people climbing over. They are commonplace in all areas and not just used for prisons and military basis (infact these tend to have razor wire etc etc which is massively OTT for domestic use).

ie

http://www.copybook.com/security/secure-site-uk-limited/articles/security-fencing

That's security fencing, security gates just implies automation and most you see in residential areas are not spiked.

 

[Noxia]

Ah the old GD tangent has been activated.

 

[Cosimo]

Anyway how possible is it for the thieves to have some kind of remote unlocking device which can do different types of car/lock? Police were looking into it but didn't really get too involved I believe. As only stuff was nicked I don't think anyone could get too fussed about the whole thing and all the houses dealt with it in their own way and never discussed it en mass.
Is this something anyone has hear of before and do these kind of unlocking devices really exist?

Rgds

MC

This is one way:

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...gramme-electronic-keys-steal-luxury-cars.html

Silent and deadly...

 

[FARGO]

It'd be creepier if there were people hiding in the back seats of the cars, waiting for the dead of night before emerging in unison like the undead of car thieves.

 

[TBirdUK]

my car locks automatically when the key goes out of range - will a signal jammer be able to stop that?

 

[Mynight]

Wouldn't have thought so. If it's a signal jammer the car would lock as soon as you pulled the key id imagine.

 

[Twirlywoos]

never seen gone in 60 seconds?

 

[the shadow]

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[AndyCroft1982]

sounds like an inside job to me

 

[Efour]

Remodulate your shield harmonics

 

[Uhtred]

My car was broken into without a jammer and still with no sign of forced entry. My car still has a key hole on one side which the guy must have picked. He got into my gfs car too.

 

[Werewolf]

Very early on there were some cars shipped with remote codes which just repeated or were sequential so with the right equipment you would be able to figure out the next code in the sequence. I forget the makes and models effected. But as Dis86 said it was more likely a signal jammer as they are pretty in expensive and concealable which would stop you locking the doors remotely. Seems a lot of effort to go through for just contents though the most expensive thing in my car generally is pair of running shoes.

IIRC most early keyfobs, at least for aftermarket alarms were IR, and someone worked out if you stood nearby with a cheap all in one (with learning function) you could capture the signal and repeat it.

I think it wasn't until later that rolling codes and radio fobs become more common, as the difference in cost between an IR with a limited code set and an IR with rolling codeset, let alone a radio with rolling codes was pretty big.
The power requirements for radio fobs early on were quite high I think, which was another reason cheaper units used IR.

Do most cars lock quietly? I can hear mine locking from pretty much the range of the keyfob

This.

I can usually hear my car lock/unlock as I press the button, and tend to look at it whilst it's doing it (so see the lights flash).