Using Bluetooth to locate stealable items

Peter Gutmann pgut001 at cs.auckland.ac.nz
Tue Apr 4 02:43:55 EDT 2006


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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