Security Education Article
Keyless Entry System
When my mom first got a car with a keyless remote, I thought it was a truly
bad idea. I cannot see how a keyless entry system could be necessary, let alone
beneficial. It seems to me that the more technology that people use, the more
that is likely to go wrong. Keyless entry systems may look good on the surface,
but I could not see them lasting for very long. I thought about my mom\'s last
car – a Honda Odyssey. It had automatic electronic sliding doors in back, rather
than the normal ones that you slide by hand. She had only owned the car for
about a year when the doors completely stopped working. They totally broke down!
If she had had normal sliding doors, she never would have run into a problem. If
it isn\'t broke, why fix it? Why replace old technology that works well?
Nonetheless, so far I have been pretty impressed with the keyless entry system.
It has worked every single time. All she has to do is get near the car and it
fires up, ready for her to get in. Although she has only had the car for a year
and a half, so far it seems pretty good. I have heard that there are some
security advantages to keyless entry systems as well. Normal car locks can be
picked, but a keyless entry security system is foolproof. Supposedly they send
out encrypted signals which are very difficult to duplicate. Unless you have a
keyless entry remote yourself, you can\'t get in.
The one thing I don\'t like about the keyless entry system is the keyless remote
start. I find the idea of the car starting on its own not only to be
unnecessary, but a little bit creepy as well. If something fails on the keyless
entry system, nothing bad happens except that the car doors lock or unlock when
they\'re not supposed to. If the keyless autostart breaks down, however, it can
leave the car running for hours. If that happens while the car is parked in the
garage, it can fill the whole place up with smoke. This could even suffocate
people inside the house! Needless to say, I don\'t think all the keyless entry
systems in the world are worth one family dying of carbon monoxide poisoning. My
mom may think her keyless entry system is pretty neat, but give me a good
old-fashioned key any time.
