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Letter: Letter

Published 9 January 1999

From Andy Smith

I first demonstrated this to friends some 8 years ago, using an HP 95 LX. Not
only did we manage to record and open the locks of three Renault 19s and two
Renault 21s; once we had the format of the codes, it was easy to write a small
program that cycled through various iterations and popped the locks of further
Renault cars. I sent a letter to Renault at the time of the discovery but never
heard anything back.

asmith@esrin.esa.it

Issue no. 2168 published 9 January 1999

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