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Alexander Turcic · 08-23-2005, 04:37 AM

Apparently in the British county of Cambridgeshire, people not only leave their laptops in cars, but they also don't switch them off. A local news article claims that some punks are using Bluetooth scanner devices to detect "valuable electronics, including laptops" inside abandoned cars.

"At about 8.20am last Wednesday, a Sony TR 1MP laptop was taken from an Audi A6 estate parked in Tesco car park off old North Road... We would urge people not to leave laptops, or anything of value, in their cars, and always de-activate these wireless connections when you're not using a laptop - otherwise you're making life easy for the thieves..."

Personally I would've preferred the Audio to the Sony laptop, but that's just me.

[via A Welsh View]

08-23-2005, 04:37 AM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	British thieves use Bluetooth to steal laptops Apparently in the British county of Cambridgeshire, people not only leave their laptops in cars, but they also don't switch them off. A local news article claims that some punks are using Bluetooth scanner devices to detect "valuable electronics, including laptops" inside abandoned cars. "At about 8.20am last Wednesday, a Sony TR 1MP laptop was taken from an Audi A6 estate parked in Tesco car park off old North Road... We would urge people not to leave laptops, or anything of value, in their cars, and always de-activate these wireless connections when you're not using a laptop - otherwise you're making life easy for the thieves..." Personally I would've preferred the Audio to the Sony laptop, but that's just me. [via A Welsh View]