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Old 05-11-10, 01:53 PM
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Okay so I was cleaning my windshield the other day and noticed the sticker pictured below starting to peel off of the back of my rearview mirror. This is the first time I've seen it in the three years I've owned the car (never noticed it when I was back there installing my Valentine or while cleaning my window for the thousandth time). I went ahead and peeled it off to investigate further. All it says on it is "2008 © Alien 964X" I bought my car in '07 so I have a hard time believing this came with the car. It appears to be some sort of RFID but I know for a fact I did not put it there. Anyone have any ideas?

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Light sensor for automatic lights?
Old 05-11-10, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by nmpeter
Light sensor for automatic lights?
Well my auto lights still function properly so I dont think that would be the case, but I could be wrong.
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It's so big brother can see where you are going I bet. It's like that thing from Enemy of the State except square instead of round. I think you should do what they did and flush it down the toilet and go underground! Let us know how it works out.
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It's a tracking bug. Someone's trying to record any location you go.
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I blame terrorists. RUN!
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It was probably for inventory tracking purposes as the car was built and shipped. Alien is a supplier of RFID products. http://www.alientechnology.com/
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Originally Posted by kayotik
It's a tracking bug. Someone's trying to record any location you go.
Well if they've looked at the data recently, they would think I've been at my office for the past 5 days

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Originally Posted by sandwiches
It was probably for inventory tracking purposes as the car was built and shipped. Alien is a supplier of RFID products. http://www.alientechnology.com/
I would think, however my car was built in January of 2007 and the Copyright on the sticker says 2008...
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did u buy the car used?
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Uhhhh.... That isn't scary.
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Originally Posted by acefalcon2
did u buy the car used?
Nope, I bought the car brand new.
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^^^ Then it's a brand new bug, lol... J/p, Idk...
Old 05-11-10, 07:04 PM
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Valet your car often? May be a high tech method of tracking cars which have been valet parked? Or even a way for the dealership to track your vehicle which is in for service. Just hunches. I'd be interested to know what you find out!
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did you get the rearview mirror TSB


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