Comments on: Can Thieves Detect Laptops in Cars? http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/spyware/can-thieves-detect-laptops-in-cars/ Stay safe online with jargon-free security hints, tips and resources Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:22:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Luis Benitez http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/spyware/can-thieves-detect-laptops-in-cars/#comment-18023 Luis Benitez Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:22:18 +0000 http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-18023 Here's one of the references I found. It's from 2008 and was printed in El Nuevo Día, the largest newspaper in the island. Earlier this week I went to a seminar where police again encouraged attendees not to leave laptops/phones/etc in the car or in the trunk because thieves have a detector that can tell them exactly in what part of the car the electronic device is. Hopefully, Google Translate can translate this for you: http://www.elnuevodia.com/Xstatic/endi/template/imprimir.aspx?id=458235&t=3 Here’s one of the references I found. It’s from 2008 and was printed in El Nuevo Día, the largest newspaper in the island. Earlier this week I went to a seminar where police again encouraged attendees not to leave laptops/phones/etc in the car or in the trunk because thieves have a detector that can tell them exactly in what part of the car the electronic device is. Hopefully, Google Translate can translate this for you:

http://www.elnuevodia.com/Xstatic/endi/template/imprimir.aspx?id=458235&t=3

]]> By: Bill Hely http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/spyware/can-thieves-detect-laptops-in-cars/#comment-17995 Bill Hely Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:32:47 +0000 http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-17995 Hi Luis. Can you provide any reference to the police statement? A search for <em>lithium battery detectors </em>will return many hits, but in every case I looked at the device was actually either a battery TESTER, requiring a physical connection between the device and battery, or just a battery/battery pack, despite them being advertised as a "detector". I haven't been able to find anything resembling an actual battery detector, so I'm still sceptical that lithium batteries do anything that is remotely detectable. Hi Luis.

Can you provide any reference to the police statement?

A search for lithium battery detectors will return many hits, but in every case I looked at the device was actually either a battery TESTER, requiring a physical connection between the device and battery, or just a battery/battery pack, despite them being advertised as a “detector”.

I haven’t been able to find anything resembling an actual battery detector, so I’m still sceptical that lithium batteries do anything that is remotely detectable.

]]> By: Luis Benitez http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/spyware/can-thieves-detect-laptops-in-cars/#comment-17965 Luis Benitez Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:27:25 +0000 http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-17965 Police in Puerto Rico say that there are Lithium battery detectors that can be simply bought in eBay. Bluetooth detection is a possibility but that can be done with any phone, you don't need a special device for that. And of course, with Bluetooth you can see that there's a device nearby, but you won't know exactly where unless you are in the middle of nowhere. Police in Puerto Rico say that there are Lithium battery detectors that can be simply bought in eBay. Bluetooth detection is a possibility but that can be done with any phone, you don’t need a special device for that. And of course, with Bluetooth you can see that there’s a device nearby, but you won’t know exactly where unless you are in the middle of nowhere.

]]> By: Bill Hely http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/spyware/can-thieves-detect-laptops-in-cars/#comment-14369 Bill Hely Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:47:36 +0000 http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-14369 Sorry Rosemary, I can't expand any further on the suppositions presented in the article. I have had no reliable feedback from anyone with a clue as to how it might be done. Personally I still think Bluetooth or WiFi are the most likely suspects for detection. Sorry Rosemary, I can’t expand any further on the suppositions presented in the article. I have had no reliable feedback from anyone with a clue as to how it might be done. Personally I still think Bluetooth or WiFi are the most likely suspects for detection.

]]> By: Rosemary http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/spyware/can-thieves-detect-laptops-in-cars/#comment-14355 Rosemary Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:31:37 +0000 http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-14355 Just curious as to how it might be done. We just had our car broken into Thursday - smashed the front right passenger window to steal two new toshiba tablets & I pod. Our car was targeted in a parking lot of a restaurant and parked by ourselves and locked. We were told by the restaurant owner that he has heard of devices that theives use to find these type of electronics in cars. Maybe there is something to the blue tooth signal. Just curious as to how it might be done. We just had our car broken into Thursday – smashed the front right passenger window to steal two new toshiba tablets & I pod. Our car was targeted in a parking lot of a restaurant and parked by ourselves and locked.

We were told by the restaurant owner that he has heard of devices that theives use to find these type of electronics in cars. Maybe there is something to the blue tooth signal.

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