Robbed again

Yeah, fantasic idea. I'm going to run around my house and deface
all of my assets right now, on the off chance that something gets
stolen one day.

Yeah. Security cameras are a fantastic way to get images of
your bike being stolen. That's it. That's all they do. Completely
effing useless as a preventative measure, and completely effing
useless insofar as getting your stuff back is concerned.


GB

 

They didn't take my panels, just the batteries. (Probably easier to
fence). The panels are now safely locked up at my house in town.

I think the key is to be unpredictable in your routine, and make sure
you stay overnight at your weekender at least 5 days per week.


BTH

 

Is it still a weekender if you're there 5 days a week?

Theo

 

My sister has a holiday house in the Vic Alps. They have no problem
because:

[1] They are on a dead end road.

[2] They have friendly and vigilant neighbours overlooking the
property from high ground accross the road.

Wannabe burglars have been "surprised" by shotgun-weilding hill
billies on several occasions in the early days, but once the news
filtered through the local pub scene, there have been no further
attempts for over a decade now...


Onya bike...

Gerry

 

Oh yeah... I hadn't thought of that.

I suppose wireless security cameras rely on a few things that I
haven't explicitly stated in order to work.

I haven't ever broken and entered (so I can't speak from experience)
but surely most crims are either type I or type II?
Type I: looking for something of value to nick. Little beige box on
ceiling often goes completely unnoticed.
Type II: knows that your M/C is there and wants it as quickly as
possible. Wary of alarms.

What better legal-to-own 'booby trap' than a PIR activated camera?
Either way, your hapless crim is going to find himself wasting
valuable time frantically searching for a ladder (if there is one) so
they can get high enough to reach the box you have stuck with Araldite
out of reach... when they could've been helping themselves to your
lovely goods.

But does it work? Perhaps your average house-breaker does actually
looking for cams - and even follow the wires if necessary as part of
the job. Even if it did get taken, I'd have the satisfaction of
knowing I'd made them break into a sweat for a bit.

 

I like the idea of shipping the images off-site as soon as they're
taken (might be a bit tricky from Funky Town) via the 'net. When I
had the ill-fated cameras in my office at work, the interesting
pictures were on a server at my home in about 10-15 seconds.

It's an interesting problem from a geekery perspective, but I remain
unconvinced that it achieves anything other than some nice pictures
of your pride-and-joy being stolen.


GB

 

oh I agree... its just those pesky law makers that have no sense of
humor


mh

 

Ouch! So you don't have a very high opinion of that idea then?

I have to say though, if something (eg. a mobile phone) gets stolen
then you are unlikely to see it again. If your name and home phone
number isn't on it (scratched on the outside - not stored in the SIM
in case the battery is flat) then you will definitely never see it
again. Keep your prized possessions in as-new condition if you might
sell them on - otherwise you are keeping it mint for the next owner.
I realised that after being throttled and mugged one night.

 

if it is just a cam yes , but there is much more you can do ... at a
cost..

 

Type III: Wear a black long-sleeved tracksuit and a balaclava and ignore the
cameras all together

?

 

There is in fact a device looking rather like a usb stick which can be
interfaces to the cctv cam and uses a sim to be called or call out...

 

Sorry to hear that mate.

Is insurance covering the cost?
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Cheers
The Happy Drunk
K100RT

 

for the police report, insurance companies usually require one

and you in court up to your eyeballs in lawyers...
not staying that's right, just the way it is


sad stuff BT, its not so much the loss of things sometimes but the
feeling of being violated and the distaste of having some prick
pinching your stuff that you have worked hard for..

mh
(why do a have a feeling Clem is going to have a field day with this
post?)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[innocent face] Are you saying that pricks have often left a nasty taste in
your mouth Marty?

 

but I didn't inhale...

mh
(feeling violated)

 

Nope. Uninsured.


BTH

 

Type IIIa: all of the above, with the smarts to grab whatever is handy
and smash the flimsy camera - who needs a ladder when you can throw?

 

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Cheers
The Happy Drunk
K100RT

 

I'm not convinced. Go to the cop shop and have a look at the people
waiting to be processed after some light-finger work. They're all in
jeans and trainers, not dressed like the SAS on a mission. This is
especially true of people who are just scoping the place to see what's
there - it attracts attention going around with a balaclava so you
wouldn't do it unless you were going for something specific. And if
he wants to stand there with a catapult trying to hit it with a
marble, my point about wasting time still holds and the images will be
on a memory card.

I'm even more tempted to try one out as a result of these objections.

 

I don't think he got his bike back...


AND this is on a busy main road during daylight hours.

 

Many garages also have an assorted of long sticks with large metal bits
attached to the ends, known as 'garden tools'. You don't need to throw,
and you don't even need to be that bright or reach that far - just pick
up the nearest rake/shovel and go 'whack'. Are you seriously going to
tell me that the cheap plastic shell of a is going to withstand a
couple of solid hits from a metal shovel?