Thieves breaking into cars with with remote keyless entry?

using some kind of device that tricks the car into thinking the FOB is close by.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7OadDz3Ums&feature=youtu.be

 

Have seen this. Sucks.

 

I think anyone can get those FOBs.

 

Nothing new to see here.

 

Yea when I was in Hawaii they broke into our rental and stole all of our luggage.

 

damn...that sucks.

 

I'm from Oahu and looks like we're having a rash of these type of break in.

 

Yea that's where it happened. it happened when we left it in a parking garage. Shit sucks man.

 

anyway to turn off this function? aarrg... oh well I guess I'm buying a SR5 now

 

Disconnect the battery every time you park! Just leave the hood cracked haha

 

But wouldn't you lose all the vehicle's settings every time you used this?

 

I would much rather thieves use this method than smashing my window....

 

That especially sucks when all they steal is something not really worth much ... like a crappy old Garmin you don't even use any longer, but the window they smash costs hundreds of dollars to repair ... and they do it on Christmas day. Fuckers.

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Let's say the mystery boxes are grabbing the unlock code when the key FOB transmitted the signal/data to lock the vehicle. Question is if we (3rd gen owners) lock the vehicle using the door handle method is the fob still transmitting the unlock data code at a power setting high enough for the thieves to still swipe it? Also interesting that there were no reports of the vehicles being stolen which leads to the idea that the thieves do not have immobilizer data.

 

Seems like an amplifier to me. I heard about this over a year ago. Strange how the video from the OP didn't mention it... if this is what is happening... or maybe it's something else altogether.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/05/07/technology-car-break-ins/70939336/