Gazhyde
Well-known member
I wouldn't be worried in the slightest about this. Not having a key to enter a car illegally has not been an issue since the first person discovered the house brick method. This thief is at least being nice and not damaging the car, and for that they get a thumbs up from me. If you have stuff stolen from inside your car, then you are stupid to be leaving it in there in the first place.
What I would be more worried about is the well known security issue of being able to start your car through the on board diagnostic ports that almost every modern car has. A laptop, a cable and some software is all you need to get some modern cars going. There are no security protocols at all on car diagnostic ports.
Here in the UK the other preferred technique to avoid all security systems on your car is for 6 masked men with baseball bats to break in to your house and beat you until you hand over the keys. So keeping your car in you garage isn't actually that helpful.
I'm not sure why people expect cars to be secure, because like any website they are only as secure as the weakest link. On a website it's your password, on a car it's the key. With enough time and effort these can be bypassed.
What I would be more worried about is the well known security issue of being able to start your car through the on board diagnostic ports that almost every modern car has. A laptop, a cable and some software is all you need to get some modern cars going. There are no security protocols at all on car diagnostic ports.
Here in the UK the other preferred technique to avoid all security systems on your car is for 6 masked men with baseball bats to break in to your house and beat you until you hand over the keys. So keeping your car in you garage isn't actually that helpful.
I'm not sure why people expect cars to be secure, because like any website they are only as secure as the weakest link. On a website it's your password, on a car it's the key. With enough time and effort these can be bypassed.