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thermidorthelobster:

--- Quote from: "barnyfarmer" ---Dont use bluetooth. Its evil. sheeeer evil i say. Makes you prone to viruses and everything.
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I hope that was tongue-in-cheek?  Cos Bluetooth has nothing to do with viruses!

Snooky:
A friend had her laptop nicked from the boot of her car and the police told her the same thing, they recon it's something they use which detects electrical stuff in cars, so I guess it must point to the boot or the interior as to the location of such items.

I still think it's crap and they just pic on certain cars  :wink:

thermidorthelobster:
OK, let's think this through.

How would they detect an electronic device switched off in a car?

It's not going to be emitting anything electrical or magnetic when switched off.

It is going to disturb a magnetic field;  but then, so is the tonne or so of metal which surrounds it.  So a metal detector-type device is going to be a bit of a waste of time.

It'll stop x-rays.  Providing you have an emitter on one side and a detector on the other.  Not very practical for your average scumbag;  and to show up on a live sensor (rather than being recorded on a sensitive film) it'd need to be a pretty large and powerful x-ray emitter, so you'd need to bring your generator with you.

Gamma's not got the range;  radio waves are going to be affected but not in a predictable way;  so what are we left with?

At the moment all I can think of is magic pikey fairies.  Either that, or maybe the police are talking hogwash.

I'm dying to know what this "latest technology" can be.  Either I'm going to have a flash of enlightenment or it's going to be very disappointing and revolve around smeary circular marks on windscreens.

Lord Shagg-Pyle:
As someone who is dealing with the thieveing little scrotes day in and day out,believe me most of them haven't got enough brain cells to think of doing something that clever.
They look at any vehicle and if they think that there may be something valuable in it they'll put the window through.
Simple!
Please don't give these brainless, selfish, thugs any more credit. If you leave a handful of loose change in the car, they'll have that away.
I can think of a way to stop all theft from cars, but it is slightly illegal and would be frowned upon by my bosses.
Think about this logically.
Toughened glass can be made. Why is it not fitted? Because the manufacturers wouldn't make money from spares.

thermidorthelobster:

--- Quote from: "Lord Shagg-Pyle" ---If you leave a handful of loose change in the car, they'll have that away.
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Some little toerags broke into my old Volvo to get some spuds and bread off the back seat.  Of course, it cost me 50 quid excess, plus several hours of time and a lot of hassle.  With hindsight I'd rather have given them 50 quid and saved the hassle;  or, better, run them over.

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