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Old 10-14-2022, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
Cloned gate cards on your mirror are authorized in that there is no rule that prohibits them. They are planning to change the gate card system which will be designed to cause cloned cards to no longer function sometime during first quarter of next year. But, even then, there will still be no rule prohibiting the cloned cards. This information was obtained from the Villages customer service office.
Until EVERY PERSON'S CARD in The Villages is replaced, I highly doubt cloned cards will stop working because if they are CLONED they will be identical to the original old cards which will continue to work. Can't see how they can be separated. If you read the specs on the cards they use the only codes on the cards which are the assigned numbers and the reader system just reads that. There is no "hidden" non-copyable sub-code they can read that isn't part of the "clone" process, and until they change every card from every person and THEN turn on a new system they should likely continue to work. If someone hands out generic nonexistent codes to people which will work THAT they can track if they really want to look at the thousands of photos (assuming the cameras actually still work) to find the car connected to the faked code.
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