mettwurstkaninchen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoElectronic devices or 'signal jammers' used in car thefts to be bannedwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down15
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkElectronic devices or 'signal jammers' used in car thefts to be bannedwww.bbc.co.ukmettwurstkaninchen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareSwizzleStick@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoGrab some keys out a bag in the office while the owner isn’t looking. Grab a code (it’s out of vehicle range, being inside). Go to the car park, replay the code and loot the car. You’d be caught quickly, but it’s doable.
minus-squareolorin99@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 hours agoIf you already have access to the keys why bother with anything else?
minus-squareSwizzleStick@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoYou might not have access to the keys for a long period of time. Only need a moment to take a code and leave the keys there. If the car isn’t otherwise monitored, theft of contents without keys would be trivial. You’re probably getting busted anyway, but the concept is there.
Grab some keys out a bag in the office while the owner isn’t looking.
Grab a code (it’s out of vehicle range, being inside).
Go to the car park, replay the code and loot the car.
You’d be caught quickly, but it’s doable.
If you already have access to the keys why bother with anything else?
You might not have access to the keys for a long period of time.
Only need a moment to take a code and leave the keys there. If the car isn’t otherwise monitored, theft of contents without keys would be trivial.
You’re probably getting busted anyway, but the concept is there.