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by kotaKat 1153 days ago
Once it's been started you get it out of the area, then connect onto the OBD/diagnostics and run the OEM "all keys lost" procedure with cracked dealer software, which lets you program brand new keys into the system.

Then they end up in a container ship bound for West Africa.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/car-stolen-from-an-ontario-street...

The cost of these devices is out of the 'simple criminal' pricerange, but is a minimal expense to a crime ring that can export a boatload of stolen cars at a significant profit as these cars go for significant price premiums overseas.