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oldpink World Chat Champion
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Posted: 10:36 - 13 Mar 2013 Post subject: Bikes Worth £175000 Stolen As Thieves Use GPS |
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A quick heads up for you cyclists here
Quote: | Staffordshire police force has initiated an operation to clamp down on robbery after bikes with a collective value of almost £175,000 have been stolen in just four months.
It's been reported that more than 370 high-value bicycles, worth an average of £468 each, have been stolen using GPS technology that is accurate enough to allow thieves to identify and then target precise houses.
Cyclists who use mobile phone apps and websites to track and share their rides are being warned to be especially vigilant against this form of attack.
Following an increase in the number of high-performance bicycles stolen from sheds and outbuildings, Staffordshire Police have called for cyclists to check their privacy settings on smartphone apps and websites.
"Our investigations have shown that some of the victims had been using websites and mobile phone apps to log their routes - these sites allow users to view each other's routes and track their rides," Sgt Dave Morris commented before explaining the data can be so accurate that it allows the individual's house to be pinpointed.Staffordshire police force has initiated an operation to clamp down on robbery after bikes with a collective value of almost £175,000 have been stolen in just four months.
It's been reported that more than 370 high-value bicycles, worth an average of £468 each, have been stolen using GPS technology that is accurate enough to allow thieves to identify and then target precise houses.
Cyclists who use mobile phone apps and websites to track and share their rides are being warned to be especially vigilant against this form of attack.
Following an increase in the number of high-performance bicycles stolen from sheds and outbuildings, Staffordshire Police have called for cyclists to check their privacy settings on smartphone apps and websites.
"Our investigations have shown that some of the victims had been using websites and mobile phone apps to log their routes - these sites allow users to view each other's routes and track their rides," Sgt Dave Morris commented before explaining the data can be so accurate that it allows the individual's house to be pinpointed. |
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yaigi World Chat Champion
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Posted: 10:39 - 13 Mar 2013 Post subject: |
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Clever. Not good, but clever nonetheless. I've always been weary of those kind of apps and so thus far have installed none, SO many of them have crazy access rights listed in their Ts & Cs - things like having access to make phonecalls from your phone and being able to read texts. I bet nobody ever reads the Ts & Cs before they install ____________________ What would you do in life, if you knew you could not fail?
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G The Voice of Reason
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soforene Nearly there...
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Posted: 22:14 - 13 Mar 2013 Post subject: |
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"Our investigations have shown that some of the victims had been using websites and mobile phone apps to log their routes..."
Perhaps some of the victims had eaten a Greggs Pasty at some time.
Do you see the correlation there?
And if only some of the owners had been logging their routes etc. how did the thieves target the ones that didn't do that?
Or is this just another scare story with little basis in fact.
Beware of T'internet boogy-Men!!
They will suck your soul through the screen.
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oldpink World Chat Champion
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Posted: 22:37 - 13 Mar 2013 Post subject: |
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I actually think there is a good bit of truth in this
I have personally seen friends post things on FB showing routes they cycle / walk
If I was a tea leaf I could quickly figure out their home location then scan ther FB account and see if their worth robbing
then find out if they work and when their out and rob them
lots of people are internet savy and do thing's to protect them self like mask there numberplate if posting a bike pic
or blurring any personal info on documents or letters when the post up querying something
but the vast majority of people are clueless and open to getting scammed or robbed via the net
A Ferrari got stolen because the guy posted pic's on auto trader reviling his address by accident
they broke into his house nicked the keys and made off
TL;DR
when caught they told cops how they new where the car was and used google maps to reccy the area
and figure out what tools they needed to do the job
they may be playing the situation up but it should be pointed out to people to take care on line
and as G said esp what info you give out ____________________ I have become comfortably numb
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yaigi World Chat Champion
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Posted: 12:22 - 14 Mar 2013 Post subject: |
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Our marketing director (A) pulled a brilliant one on the managing director (B) at the conference this year. B is on Twitter and uses that 'check in' function (whatever it's called). From this data, A found that B was in certain places at certain times... right ok, not toooo bad, so B thought. But B had also 'checked in' at home, so A now had his address. Cue A putting picture up of B's home on a massive screen at company conference - now we all know where he lives. It gets worse - B was then a few weeks later tweeting from where he was on holiday with his family. So ANYONE now knew where he lived, and that he was on holiday. He just offered his house up on a plate. ____________________ What would you do in life, if you knew you could not fail?
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Leafing through our local rag at work, there is usually five or six nicked pushbike, motorbike, done over shed or garage reports per week. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 11 years, 6 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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