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Dec 1st, 2020, 17:14 | #1 |
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Protecting Keyless System from Hackers
Has anyone come up with a solution to protecting keyless entry key from possible hacking while it is in a pocket or handbag? I have tried putting them in Faraday bags but I and other users have found these bags stop working after several months use for no apparent reason. At the moment I have taken to wrapping the keys in silver cooking foil but this is a bit crude. Any other suggestions? Or has anyone found a Faraday bay that actually works long term. My XC40 is late 2019 which means it does not have the new key that blocks signals after being dormant for a period of time, eg overnight in a house. (This problem is not exclusive to XC40 but all new models with keyless entry.)
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Dec 1st, 2020, 20:02 | #2 |
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Try a Faraday box instead of the pouch.
The pouches for me would last 6 months. The box I now have carries on long term. Obvs not something to carry out and about though.
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Dec 3rd, 2020, 12:13 | #4 |
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Surely it isn't beyond the wit of manufacturers' software teams to enable keyless entry to be switched off and an update for it to apply to older cars.
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Dec 10th, 2020, 18:28 | #5 |
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I'm well aware of the problems around keyless entry, I've got it on my car. However I thought it was a two handed operation with one person scanning for the key, typically within a house, picking it up and re-transmitting signal to a second person standing by the car. Reasonably close proximity of source key to car would therefore be necessary. Has technology moved on?
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More to the point
Has anybody any authoritative data about the number of Volvos which are stolen by cloning keys carried in your pocket/handbag/briefcase? I’d have thought it was a highly unlikely event.
Cloning keys kept on a hall table within feet of a car parked on the drive has happened, we’ve seen security camera recordings of it, but of Volvos? Keeping your keys in a metal box away from the perimeter walls of your home ought to be sufficient to prevent the risk of theft by that means. |
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