Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoNo. Return to physical keys.hexbear.netimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1134arrow-down1imageNo. Return to physical keys.hexbear.netPosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoModern cars have keyless entry and push start so you can’t simply make a backup key at a locksmith. They can duplicate the emergency key that serves as a backup for the door but it won’t start the car because you need the code programmed in.
minus-squareEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoEven modern-ish cars that have a transponder key which looks like a “normal key” can cost over $100 to replicate, even without a key fob.
minus-squareTunnelvision [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoDamn we are living in two completely different worlds then. I completely forgot that cars are like that now. My truck is a 2002 Toyota tundra.
Modern cars have keyless entry and push start so you can’t simply make a backup key at a locksmith. They can duplicate the emergency key that serves as a backup for the door but it won’t start the car because you need the code programmed in.
Even modern-ish cars that have a transponder key which looks like a “normal key” can cost over $100 to replicate, even without a key fob.
Damn we are living in two completely different worlds then. I completely forgot that cars are like that now. My truck is a 2002 Toyota tundra.