Do you have a laptop… if so..

I know I said in my last post I’d stop talking about security but Alan sent this P.S. and if you keep your laptop in the boot of your car this is pretty important.

“ps! re. your Sat nav point: One latest trick.

You (may / may not) know that Police are now advising that when you park up (especially at countryside beautyspots etc) to remember to power down and completely switch off your Laptop hidden in the boot of your car….

What criminals now do (when people go off walking for a few hours) is wander around car parks and find cars which have a Laptop hidden (out of sight) in the boot.

Then when owners have gone off for a few hours, they break in and steal the expensive Laptop and all its contents

…but how do they do it?

Ans.

They use a mobile phone ….with blue tooth enabled

They find Laptops in cars which are transmitting a bluetooth signal – so gives away it’s hidden in the boot! So they break rear window, open door, access the boot and they’re away with it..

Hours later owner comes back and staggered how they knew to break into his/her car as all was out of sight? Was it pure chance of finding expensive Laptop hidden in boot? No, it was signalling it was there all the time!

Alan Jones