"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Monday, June 26, 2017 at 10:13:44 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 6/26/2017 3:05 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> > "Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On 6/26/2017 12:58 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I never liked to lock my car for the same reason. It seemed kind of
> >> pointless. These days, I keep equipment in the car for my business so
> >> it has
> >> to be locked. I'm not sure what can be done about that.
> >>
> >> ==
> >>
> >> Our cars have alarms. If anyone opens it in any way without first
> >> turning
> >> off the alarm ... and it is very loud!
> >>
> >>
> > Yes, that alarm keeps the 10 year olds out of it. By 14 they know how
> > to bypass them and steal your car.
> >
> > ==
> >
> > How? Not sure how they could do that here, if someone even bumps
> > against the car it goes off.
> >
> > If the dog is in the car when we leave it, I can't lock it
> > electronically because it will trip the alarm. I have to lock it on the
> > key.
> >
> >
> >
>
> I'm not a car thief so I don't know how. I have seen it done on TV and
> I know a person that had her alarmed car stolen during the day about 15
> feet from her office window. Its done every day all over the world.
> Your sense of security is less than you can imagine.
>
> If one human can make a code, another can break it.

Part of it involves switching out the electronic control module so that a
transponder of a specific code can start the engine.
==

Ahhh I rest my case!



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