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Letter: Easy thieving

Published 9 January 1999

From Daniel Jardine

The “shocking” idea that you can program a 3Com PalmIII to open your (or
someone else’s) car door is hardly news
(This Week, 5 December, p 11).

Three years ago my 12-year-old brother was able to do the same thing with a
£30 Casio watch which was intended to act as a universal remote-control
for the TV.

Similarly, I would have thought that most of the programmable universal
remotes on the market for TVs can open car doors (and they cost next-to-nothing,
compared to the £300 PalmIII).

Dbj1000@aol.com

Issue no. 2168 published 9 January 1999

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