The car key is set to follow in the path of the window crank, carburetor, and mother-in-law seat on the road to extinction. At least, that’s the word from BMW board member Ian Robertson, who told Reuters that the marque is considering using a smartphone app-based system to replace the traditional key. As smartphones have achieved ubiquity in...

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Love technology but my smart phone does everything else. What if it dies? Still need to carry a key with me? Stupid, rather just use the key.

Worse yet, what if you loose your phone? Is that the only code (in the world) that can get into the vehicle? I can think of a ton of security issues with something like this too. Nah, key for me please.

19 minutes ago, Frosty said:

Worse yet, what if you loose your phone? Is that the only code (in the world) that can get into the vehicle? I can think of a ton of security issues with something like this too. Nah, key for me please.

Probably $200+ for a new code.

It takes a pro about 10 minutes to clone a phone.