WOW - I feel totally vindicated in my skepticism. Of course, with a 1983 and 1985 300TDs I know I am secure with my ancient locking technology.
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Max Dillon <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Snopes says it is mostly an urban myth - no confirmed police reports to > substantiate. > > http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/lockcode.asp > > -Max > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of Allan Streib > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 4:15 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] ain't our old MBs great > > It does seem like it. I thought modern keyless entry systems used rotating > codes so that even if you captured a code from one event it would be useless > to try to replay it. > > Allan > > > On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:09 -0500, "andrew strasfogel" <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hmmm.... I wonder if this is an urban MYTH. >> >> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:49 PM, glenn brown <g_010...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Forwarded from a friend: >> > >> > How to Lock Your Car and Why >> > >> > I locked my car. As I walked away I heard my car door unlock. I went > back and locked my car again three times. Each time, as soon as I started to > walk away, I would hear it unlock again!! Naturally alarmed, I looked > around and there were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the > store. They were obviously watching me intently, and there was no doubt they > were somehow involved in this very weird situation. I quickly chucked the > errand I was on, jumped in my car and sped away. I went straight to the > police station, told them what had happened, and found out I was part of a > new, and very successful, scheme being used to gain entry into cars. Two > weeks later, my friend's son had a similar happening.... >> > While traveling, my friend's son stopped at a roadside rest to use the > bathroom. When he came out to his car less than 4-5 minutes later, someone > had gotten into his car and stolen his cell phone, laptop computer, GPS > navigator, briefcase.....you name it. He called the police and since there > were no signs of his car being broken into, the police told him he had been > a victim of the latest robbery tactic -- there is a device that robbers are > using now to clone your security code when you lock your doors on your car > using your key-chain locking device.. >> > >> > They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim. They know you > are going inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom and that they now > have a few minutes to steal and run. The police officer said to manually > lock your car door-by hitting the lock button inside the car -- that way if > there is someone sitting in a parking lot watching for their next victim, it > will not be you. >> > >> > When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting, it does not send > the security code, but if you walk away and use the door lock on your key > chain, it sends the code through the airwaves where it can be instantly > stolen. >> > This is very real. >> > >> > Be wisely aware of what you just read and please pass this note on. > Look how many times we all lock our doors with our remote just to be sure > we remembered to lock them -- and bingo, someone has our code...and whatever > was in our car. >> > >> > G. M. Brown >> > Brevard, NC >> > _______________________________________ >> > http://www.okiebenz.com >> > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> > >> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
