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There's already a button on the fob to unlock the doors. The proximity unlock is a separate feature. The whole point of the proximity function is to remove the
by lambdaelite 12y ago
There's already a button on the fob to unlock the doors. The proximity unlock is a separate feature. The whole point of the proximity function is to remove the need to push a button on the fob. Your idea makes no sense, unless you're proposing deletion of the proximity unlock feature.
- nine_k 12y agoYes, I'd like to remove or severely limit this feature. When it's always on, and it does not properly check for proximity of the key, it's broken by design. I'd rather have a button that allows for proximity unlock during 1-2 minutes after pressing, much like Bluetooth public visibility. If I had an existing key with this proximity misfeature, I'd like to modify it as I described: having press a button to unlock my car is for me preferable to a risk to have it stolen.
- lambdaelite 12y agoSo you'd like to take the fob out of your pocket, push a button to enable proximity unlock for a brief interval, place the fob back in your pocket, and then have the door unlock when you approach the car? I'm clearly missing something.
- secabeen 12y agoIt makes sense. Normally I don't keep my car key in my pocket when I'm at home. It's on the desk, or on a hook, etc. So his model is that he hits the button as he grabs the key to stick it in his pocket, then when he approaches his car a few minutes later, the proximity unlock works. You could add some security to the process without requiring the button press by disabling the proximity unlock unless an accelerometer in the fob detects that the fob is moving.
- cgriswald 12y agoI don't get it either. Even if it was an on/off switch, so when you come home at night you can disable it, I can't see it getting much use (except maybe during this brief period before they resolve the distance issue).
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