UK thieves steal then re-steal

[seanconnery]

Thieves are getting smarter.

Could the bike tracker in your e-bike do more harm than good? London gangs re-stealing eebs after pinching them first time round - MBR

If you thought having your pride and joy stolen was bad enough, think again. London gangs are reportedly using trackers originally designed to deter thieves to instead ‘re-steal’ bikes they’ve previously nicked and sold on. Want to make sure you’re protected from more ‘traditional’ theft...

www.mbr.co.uk

 

[HoppyUK]

Hmm... What's to stop a thief sticking an AirTag under your seat or mudguard or whatever, and tracking it to your home?

But this story seems to have the wrong end of the stick. It doesn't mean that your own tracking device (ie registered to you) is being used against you.

 

[HumanPerson]

Wild reading here: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=peoples+tracking+device+used+against+them+&ia=web

 

[FrankR]

This stuff is always very disappointing. Big bummer.

My response to it is always - no trackers, no locks. I simply don't leave it alone. Too many not nice people in the universe.

 

[munirider]

The clickbait article title is deceiving it makes it sound like your tracking device is somehow being used against you when in fact the article is about thieves using tracking to re-steal bikes after they have sold them on.

In my opinion that's better than them steeling a new bike every time. If you didn't investigate it and bought a stolen bike and it gets stolen from you I don't have the same sympathy for you as if you bought it legitimately.

Garbage.