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Re:Car theft by relaying signals from wireless keys by kgermino on Friday January 07, 2011 @11:26AM (#2079966)
Are you sure, It seems like RFID without batteries would run into range problems. I know mine has a battery.
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Re:Car theft by relaying signals from wireless keys by kreneskyp on Friday January 07, 2011 @12:27PM (#2080190)
RFID range is between 3-20 feet. Average human arm length is less than 3 feet. The limiting factor here is not RFID range.
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