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Keyless car theft solved

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    #11
    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    If they can have fingerprint reader in cheap iPad, why can't they have it in much more expensive car?
    Because when MB tried this on the previous version of the S-Class some enterprising chaps hacked of the hand of a driver in order to start the car. Not sure if it worked or not, but biometric starting ended there...

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      #12
      Originally posted by bobspud View Post
      Because when MB tried this on the previous version of the S-Class some enterprising chaps hacked of the hand of a driver in order to start the car. Not sure if it worked or not, but biometric starting ended there...

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        #13
        Originally posted by Paddy View Post
        The older Peugeot and Citroen had a PIN to punch in. The PIN would be sent to the fuel injector pump (not to the ECU). Three wrong tries would disable the car for 30 minutes. A temporary PIN could be setup for garage servicing etc

        If the car was stolen by rowing it away, the fuel injector pump would need to be changed.
        Ah, that'll be one of those Peugeot boats then...

        Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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          #14
          Originally posted by bobspud View Post
          Because when MB tried this on the previous version of the S-Class some enterprising chaps hacked of the hand of a driver in order to start the car. Not sure if it worked or not, but biometric starting ended there...
          Thank goodness it wasn't a retina scan.
          The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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