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      04-08-2019, 04:50 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by eurobear View Post
I didn't think the Comfort Access worked unless you were within a 30cm radius of the car? I know sometimes I can't even open the door if my keys are in my backpack on my back, so I don't worry about them being on the hall table.
It's not that. Older keys would be active 24x7, and enterprising thieves would bring some kind of box near your home, somehow record the key, and use the recorded key to enter/start the car. It seems to be more common in Europe than the US, but I'm not sure about that.

With the new keys, the keys become inactive after a few minutes, and so thieves can no longer use the old method.

Edit: articles:

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...criminals.html

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...sing-1.4930890
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