Decoding the BMW lock

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A few months ago, David Beckham made news with his problems with his BMW X5 -- it seemed that everytime he left it parked somewhere, someone would manage to steal his armor plated SUV. Police suspected the work of high-tech car thieves using a laptop and a transmitter to crack BMW's keyless entry system, but it seems that there is a much easier way to break into a BMW, and it involves a 900 Euro toolkit. The Google video below shows just how easy it is to open a BMW's lock.


(The first part of the video is in German, just keep watching, it's subtitled for those parts, and then switches over to English):


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