Anyone using "Privacy Protection" mode?

[rezin8]

I just ran across service code 2-4-6-8. This will keep the ALP in parking only mode unless a USB key with the correct key-file is inserted. I was just wondering if anyone is using this and how well it works.

[dukes]

I just ran across service code 2-4-6-8. This will keep the ALP in parking only mode unless a USB key with the correct key-file is inserted. I was just wondering if anyone is using this and how well it works.

It works very well, but once enabled you cannot disable. Not even a factory reset will remove the security USB feature once enabled.

[BestRadarDetectors]

We dont recommend it because as dukes mentioned there is no way to reverse this feature. If you loose the key you will never get defense mode back on your ALP. There are plenty of options to easily turn the ALP back into a parking only system but I would not use this method.

[rezin8]

You can back up the key file, right? I mean, if I put a copy of the key file on Dropbox or something, it'll be kinda hard to ever lose that.

[dukes]

You can back up the key file, right? I mean, if I put a copy of the key file on Dropbox or something, it'll be kinda hard to ever lose that.

Yes, you can back the key up

[wolfpacal]

I run both my systems in privacy mode. Living in Ontario I don't have much choice. I've made several backups of each privacy key file and don't worry that much about enabling it in the case of a traffic stop. I didn't want to mess around with swapping USB keys to enable parking only mode if I got pulled over. With this, you just pull the USB drive out, hide it, and wait for the Cop to approach your car. No Jammers enabled and you can show it's just a parking sensor system.

[Tman]

Just wondering if only 1 smart oppcop knows about the dual use of Alp , it is now advertised everywhere , though i dont use priviacy ,
i must admit it is a good barrier , but let's face it : with cops tose days , nothing will stop them to crush us if they feel like it.

The best of the best is still JTK , quick and properly.

I run both my systems in privacy mode. Living in Ontario I don't have much choice. I've made several backups of each privacy key file and don't worry that much about enabling it in the case of a traffic stop. I didn't want to mess around with swapping USB keys to enable parking only mode if I got pulled over. With this, you just pull the USB drive out, hide it, and wait for the Cop to approach your car. No Jammers enabled and you can show it's just a parking sensor system.

[wolfpacal]

Just wondering if only 1 smart oppcop knows about the dual use of Alp , it is now advertised everywhere , though i dont use priviacy ,
i must admit it is a good barrier , but let's face it : with cops tose days , nothing will stop them to crush us if they feel like it.

The best of the best is still JTK , quick and properly.

For me, the Police need actual evidence. For example, a Spectre is needed to be plugged in, working, and able to detect a device the Cop "believes", with reasonable grounds, to be a RD. The Spectre electronically confirms the Cops suspicion. Evidence of it's alert to the RD is documented in the Officers notes and the RD is confiscated.

For LJ's, just because an Officer believes they are jammers, he needs evidence to support they are. With the privacy Key removed, the system will not function as Jammers in any way, and thus what evidence does he have? I would throw the USB drive out the window before the stop is complete, or hide it in plain sight in the cabin somewhere before he approaches the driver to start his investigation. If you have a female passenger with you at the time of the stop, she could hide it in her bra or "down below". A male Cop in Ontario is not allowed to search a female. It's like a Cop seeing a bag of what he believes to be Marijuana and testing it and finding out it's something else. Just because it looks like something he "THINKS" it is, doesn't mean it is.

RD law is well established in this rotten province already. LJ's are unchartered waters here. No matter what the Cop tries, after the USB drive is removed with the privacy key file on it, he will NOT get it to alert or jam his LIDAR gun. I doubt any of them read up on the Privacy Key file / feature of this system. Don't know about QC, maybe there, some LEO's do.

Just my .02

[Holla]

Do you really need to use privacy mode now that we have the option to make them parking sensors with a push of the button?

[BestRadarDetectors]

For me, the Police need actual evidence. For example, a Spectre is needed to be plugged in, working, and able to detect a device the Cop "believes", with reasonable grounds, to be a RD. The Spectre electronically confirms the Cops suspicion. Evidence of it's alert to the RD is documented in the Officers notes and the RD is confiscated.

For LJ's, just because an Officer believes they are jammers, he needs evidence to support they are. With the privacy Key removed, the system will not function as Jammers in any way, and thus what evidence does he have? I would throw the USB drive out the window before the stop is complete, or hide it in plain sight in the cabin somewhere before he approaches the driver to start his investigation. If you have a female passenger with you at the time of the stop, she could hide it in her bra or "down below". A male Cop in Ontario is not allowed to search a female. It's like a Cop seeing a bag of what he believes to be Marijuana and testing it and finding out it's something else. Just because it looks like something he "THINKS" it is, doesn't mean it is.

RD law is well established in this rotten province already. LJ's are unchartered waters here. No matter what the Cop tries, after the USB drive is removed with the privacy key file on it, he will NOT get it to alert or jam his LIDAR gun. I doubt any of them read up on the Privacy Key file / feature of this system. Don't know about QC, maybe there, some LEO's do.

Just my .02

With how concerned you are why not just install the GPS antenna and no need to do anything. If you are not moving above your set speed the system will not jam anything.