It's beyond perplexing that the author of this article is completely aware that putting your key in a foil-lined bag is one option, yet they spend most of the article talking about refrigerators and microwaves, which are infinitely less convenient and even dangerous. I suppose the fridge gets more clicks, though?
While I completely understand what the article is saying ... this is nothing short of a complete failure of journalistic integrity. Just like there's a "wall" between the news floor and the advertising department, it should be accepted practice for the author of a piece to have a hand in and approval of titles for their piece.
An editor writing a clickbaity headline is incentivized in the same way as the ad/business department to craft that title in a way to maximize engagement.
No solace. So it was Bob the editor who wrote the headline and not Steve the author? I guess that matters a lot to Steve, but to me, the reader, this is a meaningless, irrelevant distinction. Steve cares a lot about absolving Steve, I guess, but, like, this couldn't possibly matter any less to literally anybody else.
It is (or was?) quite common to have a valet key, which would start the car, but not open the trunk or glove compartment--and in some cases would limit the speed of the car to below e.g. 30mph, in case some valet tried to take the car for a Ferris Bueller-style joyride, I suppose!
Mercedes-Benz's have a pop-out metal clip that can be used to lock the glove and trunk. It's designed to be extract with a simple press so that dropping you car with a valet doesn't require turning off the car to remove it.
Clearly the lock isn't meant to stop a determined intruder. It's more of the "Locks are for honest people" type thing to indicate that you shouldn't be opening the glove or trunk.
My Supra has the valet key, which doesn't open the glovebox, but opens everything else - it's slightly shorter than the main key, so probably trivial to pick the glovebox lock anyway. The smart keys that limit the maximum speed are a nice feature - I think some manufacturers advertise them as being particularly suitable for learners!
I'm surprised that auto manufacturers didn't anticipate off the shelf solutions for diagnostics and law enforcement making their way into the hands of thieves.
You can imagine creative uses of a drone and one of these keyfob relay in order to get as close to as many keyfobs as possible and breaking into a whole parking lot worth of luxury cars.
anecdata: years ago i lived in a shady neighborhood for 5 years to save money, never washed my car. girlfriend moves in and washes my car making it look almost new. stolen within 3 months.
So you just claim that everyone who prefers a nice ride and newer technological assistants etc is using their car for status symbol.
I bet you also use only sandals to get from A to B? Because proper shoes would be a status symbol and no one wants to steal sandals.
I am sorry but newer cars beat old ones in many points. Sure there is a point after your car becomes a status symbol, but being an old beater is not that point.
Well, according to you. I didn't read it that way at all.
avryhof drives a beater car, but the loss of status that might imply doesn't mean much to them because it's just a way of getting from A to B. That doesn't remotely say that everyone else uses their car as a status symbol, just that driving a beater often implies low status or poverty.
I drive a beater car -> I don't mind that it's not very prestigious -> It's just transport.
Not true. Old and popular cars with healthy demand for parts, like 90s Civics, are the most frequently stolen. (The model years just before electronic immobilizers are most at risk).
In these parts, doing things for practical reasons is itself a status symbol. It would be more contrarian to say you own the most expensive car you can lease to get attention.
Most decent garage door openers use "rolling codes" these days. For example, Genie's "Intellicode"[0]:
> The Intellicode Access Security System provides state-of-the-art security for your home by automatically changing your opener’s access code every time you push the remote control button. This prevents an unauthorized person from stealing the access code to your opener system and gaining entry to your garage.
A quick Google turned up OpenSesame[1] which says this about "rolling codes":
> These are not foolproof from attack, but do prevent the OpenSesame attack along with traditional brute forcing attacks. Suggested vendors: current products from LiftMaster and Genie.
But that only works when real estate prices don't force everyone to park their cars on the street due to renting out their garages as illegal apartments.
It's somewhat absurd how insecure car computer systems are. It may not be hugely problematic currently (though as the article illustrates, it's not completely innocuous), but I wonder if manufacturers will improve this before self-driving cars start large-scale rollout; Otherwise, it should be interesting to see the first cases of people's cars driving themselves away overnight.
My 1985 Supra seems stone-age when standing beside any modern car (including my winter car, a 2003 Outback), but the fact that every component does one single job makes me a lot more comfortable about parking it somewhere - the alarm is aftermarket and properly fitted (remarkably reliable), and I have to actually push a button to open the doors. The locks themselves are purely mechanical. Anyone breaking into it is going to have to make some noise.
And I don't have to store my keys in an elevator to stop someone with an amplifier breaking into it.
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An editor writing a clickbaity headline is incentivized in the same way as the ad/business department to craft that title in a way to maximize engagement.
- Replacement is dirt cheap (talking pre-chipped keys here).
- They require no batteries.
- They'll last 20+ years.
- If you don't have the keys you don't have the car (What criminals lockpick and hotwire cars anymore?).
Then again, we'll have to covet holding on to long-lasting cars, though. So scratch that.
Clearly the lock isn't meant to stop a determined intruder. It's more of the "Locks are for honest people" type thing to indicate that you shouldn't be opening the glove or trunk.
I'm surprised that auto manufacturers didn't anticipate off the shelf solutions for diagnostics and law enforcement making their way into the hands of thieves.
You can imagine creative uses of a drone and one of these keyfob relay in order to get as close to as many keyfobs as possible and breaking into a whole parking lot worth of luxury cars.
It runs great, and I can fix it myself.
A vehicle is a way for me and my family to get from point A to point B.... I don't use it as a status symbol.
I bet you also use only sandals to get from A to B? Because proper shoes would be a status symbol and no one wants to steal sandals.
I am sorry but newer cars beat old ones in many points. Sure there is a point after your car becomes a status symbol, but being an old beater is not that point.
Where does avryhof make that claim?
> A vehicle is a way for me and my family to get from point A to point B.... I don't use it as a status symbol.
Well, according to you. I didn't read it that way at all.
avryhof drives a beater car, but the loss of status that might imply doesn't mean much to them because it's just a way of getting from A to B. That doesn't remotely say that everyone else uses their car as a status symbol, just that driving a beater often implies low status or poverty.
I drive a beater car -> I don't mind that it's not very prestigious -> It's just transport.
5. Leave your car in the garage with the door closed
> The Intellicode Access Security System provides state-of-the-art security for your home by automatically changing your opener’s access code every time you push the remote control button. This prevents an unauthorized person from stealing the access code to your opener system and gaining entry to your garage.
A quick Google turned up OpenSesame[1] which says this about "rolling codes":
> These are not foolproof from attack, but do prevent the OpenSesame attack along with traditional brute forcing attacks. Suggested vendors: current products from LiftMaster and Genie.
[0] http://www.geniecompany.com/garage-door-openers/retail_std-f...
[1] http://samy.pl/opensesame/
And I don't have to store my keys in an elevator to stop someone with an amplifier breaking into it.