Car Locks

[Teresa]

It is very troubling what lengths people will go to steal something!
Most of the time I lock my car on the door lock inside when I exit the car.
Little did I know that is the best way to lock your car,
according to what a friend sent me on the Internet.   Read on ..


While traveling, my friend stopped at the roadside rest stop with
bathrooms, vending machines, etc. He came out to his car less than 4-5 minutes
later and found someone had gotten into his car, and stolen his cell phone,
laptop computer, GPS navigator, briefcase.....you name it.

He called the police and since there were no signs of his car being
broken into- the police told him that there is a device that robbers are
using now to clone your security code when you lock your doors on your car
using your key-chain locking device (transmitter). They sit a distance away and
watch for their next victim. Since they know you are going inside of the
store,restaurant, or bathroom, it gives them a few minutes to steal and
run. The police officer said to be sure to manually lock your car door by
hitting the lock butt on inside the car, that way if there is someone sitting in a
parking lot watching for their next victim, it will not be you.


When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting...it does not
send the security code, but if you walk away and use the door lock on your key
chain-it sends the code thru the airwaves where it can be stolen

I just wanted to let you know about this...it is something totally
new to us...and this is real...it just happened this past Thursday.

So be aware of this and please pass this note on...look how many
times we all lock our doors with our keys (transmitters)...just to be sure we
remembered to lock them....and bingo the guys have our code...and
whatever was in the car...can be gone.

Keep safe everyone!

[lola330]

I looked on snopes.com and this is an urban legend.  Check out this link: 

ttp://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/lockcode.asp       

Good thing, huh? 

[srkruzich]

In all actuality, a person could use a remote button to open any vehicle if they modified theirs a bit to allow them to adjust the frequency that the remote button sends out.  they could do this very easily by adding a potentiometer to the circuit and adjust the freq range while sitting there til they hit the right one for your vehicle.