Keyless car theft solved

[LondonManc]

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.

[darmstadt]

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...

[AtW]

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...

[bobspud]

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...

[BrilloPad]

I'd rather the thieves nicked my car without first coming into the house for the keys and giving me GBH, so this "relay" thing is all good.

Get yourself an air pistol. And a baseball bat.

[unixman]

I'd rather the thieves nicked my car without first coming into the house for the keys and giving me GBH, so this "relay" thing is all good.

[jamesbrown]

Nope, in gated communal garage where wireless reception is terrible...

nlady is currently serving time in a gated communal garage for outraging public decency.

[AtW]

So your car was outside your house all this time?

Nope, in gated communal garage where wireless reception is terrible...

[pmeswani]

So your car was outside your house all this time?

[northernladyuk]

If they can have fingerprint reader in cheap iPad, why can't they have it in much more expensive car?

What if your finger is bitten off by a squirrel and it makes off with your car?

[OwlHoot]

If they can have fingerprint reader in cheap iPad, why can't they have it in much more expensive car?

The manufacturers want more cars to be nicked, so the aggrieved owners have to buy replacements!

(It's like Microsoft wants Windows to be infected by viruses and malware, despite managing to convince most people it wants the opposite, so the user is more likely to want to upgrade their PC.)

[AtW]

If they can have fingerprint reader in cheap iPad, why can't they have it in much more expensive car?

[Paddy]

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.

[AtW]

"Quantum communication is a field of applied quantum physics closely related to quantum information processing and quantum teleportation. Its most interesting application is protecting information channels against eavesdropping by means of quantum cryptography."

Sorteed!