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Using Bluetooth to locate stealable items
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Gutmann)
Tue Apr 4 13:49:07 2006
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From: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann)
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Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:43:55 +1200
It's a bit like the idea of putting RFID tags in cash to let muggers know who
to target:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/region_wide/2005/08/17/06967453-8002-45f8-b520-66b9bed6f29f.lpf
MOBILE phone technology is being used by thieves to seek out and steal
laptops locked in cars in Cambridgeshire.
[..]
But thieves in Cambridge have cottoned on to an alternative use for the
function, using it as a scanner which will let them know if another
Bluetooth device is locked in a car boot.
Det Sgt Al Funge, from Cambridge's crime investigation unit, said: "There
have been a number of instances of this new technology being used to
identify cars which have valuable electronics, including laptops, inside.
[...]
Peter.
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