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Originally Posted by ovekvam
It probably does, but then you have to get into the car to press the start button. This is easily done with the range extender on comfort access cars. And when they steal your car, there are no signs of forced entry, and you will get problems with the insurance.
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AFAIK, it's not as difficult to get into the car as to start the engine. BMW Roadside Assistance includes the car opening service, incidentally.
Of course they won't smash a window if they want to steal the car: there are gentler methods.
But if they want to steal something from the car they won't send a sexy girl to "extend your range" and get the key.
Although I heard of cautious thieves that reportedly used the old "man in the middle" (signal interception/substitution) non-comfort key attack to disembowel cars with no trace of intrusion.
Comfort access only extends the vulnerability, it does not introduce it. (But I'm not looking for it anyway.
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