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BehindBlueI's · 03-01-2024, 09:50 PM

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...ith-clone-fobs

Just a heads up, if it's in LA today it'll be nationwide before long. It happened with the Kia thefts where they figured out a USB drive could start the cars. If you aren't using some other anti-theft device, maybe consider it. Fuel cutoff switch, locking OBDII port cover, etc. Mine is a manual, so that eliminates 90% of the thieves.

I don't visit here much since the ridiculous splash screen ads and rolling banners ruined it for me, but figured the community should have the heads up.

SS_Don · 03-01-2024, 10:33 PM

Install an ad blocker in your browser. I don’t see 1 ad, banner, or popup on this site.

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Wizard1183 · 03-02-2024, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by SS_Don

Install an ad blocker in your browser. I don’t see 1 ad, banner, or popup on this site.

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How do you that? And WE shouldn’t have to do anything. The site shouldn’t post ads on it.

102SS · 03-02-2024, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Wizard1183

How do you that? And WE shouldn’t have to do anything. The site shouldn’t post ads on it.

Well you either have adds or a membership fee

They don`t get free bandwidth

redcoats1976 · 03-02-2024, 07:18 AM

i thought this was only a concern for 6th gen camaros with keyless fobs?

2014 2LT RS · 03-02-2024, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Wizard1183

How do you that? And WE shouldn’t have to do anything. The site shouldn’t post ads on it.

https://adblockplus.org/ Free and easy.

bsn · 03-02-2024, 08:38 AM

If the site didn't post ads it wouldn't exist, count your blessings.

CamaroCracka · 03-02-2024, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by redcoats1976

i thought this was only a concern for 6th gen camaros with keyless fobs?

That is what I was thinking. Locksmiths and the dealer can create a physical key, but you have to marry the fob to the car for it to work and that requires an already working key. Hell, my car does not even have a USB port and I did not want one.

1JEWLDSSRS · 03-04-2024, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by redcoats1976

i thought this was only a concern for 6th gen camaros with keyless fobs?

It is, for the "keyless" start cars. I believe. They had the same thing happen with the Kia's, Hyundai's and Toyota's that had the keyless push button start fobs.. I keep my Hyundai fob wrapped in foil when I'm not in it, and it works, no signal to the car!!

BehindBlueI's · 03-06-2024, 12:58 PM

Yup, not a concern if you're still in the metal key club.

I get that sites needs ads, and that's why I don't use an ad blocker. Personally, I find the level of ads that move and take up screen space annoying. The site owner is free to utilize the level of advertising they feel best fits their needs, and I'm free to not utilize the site as frequently due to that. I'm not trying to eliminate their income stream, I just don't enjoy the product that much any longer.

Wizard1183 · 03-07-2024, 06:33 AM

So when this site first started? I don’t recall ads that take up the whole page etc. one can only guess in 10yrs it’ll look like a porn site with the amount of ads overrunning the site…

And plenty upcoming sites don’t have ads. It’s once established it has them. Craigslist is still basically a MSDoS site free to use, no ads. But it’s fine. We can circumvent all the ads crap. I mean, an ad NEVER got me to say you know what? I’m gonna buy that! But lots of impulse buyers. I get it

03-01-2024, 09:50 PM	#1
BehindBlueI's Drives: 2011 Camaro SS Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Midwest Posts: 314	Key fob cloning increasing Camaro thefts https://www.latimes.com/california/s...ith-clone-fobs Just a heads up, if it's in LA today it'll be nationwide before long. It happened with the Kia thefts where they figured out a USB drive could start the cars. If you aren't using some other anti-theft device, maybe consider it. Fuel cutoff switch, locking OBDII port cover, etc. Mine is a manual, so that eliminates 90% of the thieves. I don't visit here much since the ridiculous splash screen ads and rolling banners ruined it for me, but figured the community should have the heads up.

03-01-2024, 10:33 PM	#2
SS_Don Drives: '22 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Dec 2021 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,043 View My Garage	Key fob cloning increasing Camaro thefts Install an ad blocker in your browser. I don’t see 1 ad, banner, or popup on this site. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ '22 2SS \| Wild Cherry Tintcoat \| Design Package 3 \| NPP \| MRC \| A10 \| NAV \| Ceramic Coating \| Full Frontal PPF \| New Hood and Side Stripes \| Michelin PS AS 4 Range AFM Disabler \| Mishimoto Catch Can \| Diode Dynamics side markers \| Cold Air Inductions CAI \| LLoyd Velourtex front/trunk mats with Camaro SS logo ZL1addons Deluxe Rock Guards, Stealth Lift Pads, and Tow Hook \| Escort MAXcam360c \| Footwell Lighting \| Banks gauges in ZZPerformance pillar pod \| Paddle shifter extensions

03-07-2024, 06:33 AM	#11
Wizard1183 Drives: ABM SS2/RS M6 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lafayette,LA Posts: 2,232	So when this site first started? I don’t recall ads that take up the whole page etc. one can only guess in 10yrs it’ll look like a porn site with the amount of ads overrunning the site… And plenty upcoming sites don’t have ads. It’s once established it has them. Craigslist is still basically a MSDoS site free to use, no ads. But it’s fine. We can circumvent all the ads crap. I mean, an ad NEVER got me to say you know what? I’m gonna buy that! But lots of impulse buyers. I get it __________________ Life is short, drive it like you stole it!

03-02-2024, 07:18 AM	#5
redcoats1976 Drives: LT W/2LT,blue metallic Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: central florida Posts: 4,915	i thought this was only a concern for 6th gen camaros with keyless fobs?

03-02-2024, 08:38 AM	#7
bsn Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Virginia Posts: 301	If the site didn't post ads it wouldn't exist, count your blessings.

03-06-2024, 12:58 PM	#10
BehindBlueI's Drives: 2011 Camaro SS Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Midwest Posts: 314	Yup, not a concern if you're still in the metal key club. I get that sites needs ads, and that's why I don't use an ad blocker. Personally, I find the level of ads that move and take up screen space annoying. The site owner is free to utilize the level of advertising they feel best fits their needs, and I'm free to not utilize the site as frequently due to that. I'm not trying to eliminate their income stream, I just don't enjoy the product that much any longer.