Toyota has confirmed that new Toyota cars won't include remote starting from their key fobs — you'll have to use the mobile app.

The potential data breach was uncovered after it was found that an access key to Toyota T-Connect, the official Toyota connectivity app, was left publicly available on GitHub for the last five years.

But this is a physical key fob that needs to communicate directly with the vehicle via radio frequency—no remote connection back to Toyota is needed. So why require a subscription?

According to a report in The Drive, Toyota models 2018 or newer will need a subscription in order for the key fob to support remote start functionality.

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Toyota owners have to pay $8/mo to keep using their key fob for remote start Feature requires subscription even though it doesn’t use connected services.

Learning how to change the battery in a Toyota key fob isn't difficult. Whether you have a new or old model, we'll show you how to do it step by step.