Comments on: Laptop Thieves! Beware!

by: seo company

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:08:13 +0000

If they stole my laptop l would be fuming has l do seo

by: Calvin Foo

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:57:31 +0000

The logic is rather simple. Imagine during off office hour, a group of office attire, smartly dressed guys, car pool, parked their car in the basement, came out to the mall (happy hour or dinner), but not carrying any suit case or laptop bags.

Isn’t that indirectly they are telling the world “hey, we are leaving our bags in the boot”?

You don’t need a metal detector to tell that

by: zeph

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:25:01 +0000

as mentioned, the only way they are able to detect is if ur laptop is on with the rf detector. for the post of car alarm not going off, maybe it did but turning it off is kinda easy these days. and most people turn a deaf ear. most will think “oh some woman just pressed the wrong button again” (sorry if that sounds sexist).

and yes i do agree with the fact, a lot of us just do silly stuff like discussing our private stuff in public. we’re easily giving away information to people who could make good use of it for themselves. why would u wanna let people know u got a stash of cash in your car for example. u coming out of the bank and looking stupidly panicky(not sure if this word exists) is already a good enough hint that u have something that they want.

*rant off*

by: WL

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:27:32 +0000

Silhouette: “Would you scatter RM4000 worth of RM100 notes all over your sofa and walk upstairs” - definately need to put in room and lock it.

Senor Jay: You lost your laptop too? Aiyo, never never ever leave your laptop in the car. No one will pity one. People will just say you are stupid to leave your laptop in car.

by: The Unlawyer » Laptop Theft and Occam’s Razor

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:05:33 +0000

[…] So, is this “special gadget” just another urban legend? Some say that this phenomena can be easily explained away as nothing more than just a matter of astute thieves who keep a sharp eye out for people carrying the tell-tale padded laptop bag and trailing them until the time is right to strike. […]

by: Senor Jay

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:59:43 +0000

This laptop detector business is urban legend… I was once with 3 other ppl in a car, all carrying laptops with us. Went to a hotel for dinner, and we were going to jockey park the car. As we pulled up to the jockey area and got out, I was the ONLY ONE who was going to leave my laptop in the car. Mine was the only one in the boot however, while the others had theirs with them because they were going to carry it to dinner with them for security’s sake. This is where stupidity came in: We got out of the car, and 3 of them started discussing whether or not to bring along or leave behind the laptops - out in the open with hotel employees nearby. It was then that I decided to take my laptop with me, while they left theirs in the boot. After dinner, when we got back to the car… someone had smashed in the window and all 3 laptops were stolen. Inevitably, this whole laptop detector story bubbled up, but I think it’s just natural stupidity that did the trick.

by: Silhouette

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:23:20 +0000

“This is not the first time i’ve heard of this. I myself experienced it. I heard stories like, they put laptop in car boot, the car is parked inside the house(porch) and same thing happen!!! Some more ridiculous case like, laptop put on sofa in the living room, and whole family were upstairs, next seconds, gone!”

Well… my 2 cents. Why would you leave a few thousand ringgit worth of equipment in your house (porch) or your sofa in the living room where it’s easy for someone to steal? Would you scatter RM4000 worth of RM100 notes all over your sofa and walk upstairs? It’s essentially pretty much the same thing.

I agree with Lincoln. I find it hard to imagine that such a detector exists. I think it’s more a case of thieves tailing people whom they know have laptops. Perhaps employees leaving an IBM office or Microsoft office carrying a laptop bag. Imagine their glee to tail these people home to find out the that jackass leaves his laptop in his car boot while he goes inside the house to sleep.

by: Lincoln

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:54:05 +0000

I strongly believe that this laptop detector is an urban myth. An “turned off ” lap top will hardly emit any electricity beyond that of a watch battery .

If your car was broken into because of your laptop , it is likely someone was observing your behaviour or was following you . Or a complete random act.