Why are car alarms still legal? I have a hard time believing they ever did much to prevent theft, but decades later we have newer fancier technology. I'm sure it'd be trivial for an "alarm" to simply shutdown the ignition or lock the wheels or whatever. They can activate cheap cameras to take pictures of the perp and send an alert to your phone. I guess people get their GPS systems ripped off, but my ability to remain asleep at 3:30 in the morning really should be more important than your ability to leave unattended valuables in your car.