When you lock your car using the remote control locking system, a security code exists. This security code, however, is not fully theft-proof. It can be transmitted and intercepted by another device, therefore enabling the interceptors to help themselves to unlock your car!
This story was circulated by many people on the web by emails and some even claim that the story has been checked on Snopes. However, Snopes has a little different view on this, claiming that it is partly true that some high tech gadgets are able to steal security codes but it may not be done as quickly as claimed to be. But the danger still lurks that it CAN BE DONE. And who knows, as technology evolves, it may be easier and more possible for this interception of codes to happen at a faster rate.
If you are paranoid about this, don’t fret just yet. You can lock your car the manual way, that is to use the central locking button on the car door. This way of locking does not trigger any security code, thus it may prove to be a safer way to prevent car break-ins.
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That’s true. My friend’s auto gate remote used to open one of his neighbor’s gate. However, if you manually lock your car, when there is theft, your car alarm/security system will not trigger. So you encounter another risk again.
We’ve had our auto gate’s code clash with our neighbour’s that resulted in many malfunctioning moments! I guess it’s hard to totally eliminate all risks without having to give up something, huh?