How not to keep your wire-cutters from being stolen

If you want to keep your wire-cutters from being stolen, attaching them to something heavy might work -- but not if you attach them with wire.

My boss was tired of our wire cutters getting stolen. I'm not sure this will solve it (via Schneier)

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LoJack makers sued over privacy invasion after tracking stolen laptop

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A schoolteacher who bought a stolen laptop from one of her students ($60, with a scraped-off serial number) is suing the makers of LoJack, the pre-installed software used by investigators to recover it. Absolute Software failed to have the case summarily dismissed; a judge ruled that its tracking of her, including emails and recorded sex acts, may violate wiretapping laws. [Wired]

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Photographer gets $9K worth of stolen camera gear back with GadgetTrak

John Heller, a working photographer, was on assignment for Getty Images when his Nikon D3 camera and lenses were stolen from him at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. He'd all but written off the $9,000 in ripped-off-gear, when he searched for his camera using a serial number search tool offered by theft recovery service GadgetTrak. According to the company, "He found an exact match with several images that were recently posted to Flickr."

With the help of police, Heller was able to track the images to another professional photographer through Facebook, who had unknowingly purchased the stolen camera from an individual and even had the receipt to prove it. The camera was returned to Heller and the police are currently investigating the individual whom it was purchased from, the investigation is still ongoing. This is the first time stolen property has been recovered by tracking the serial number embedded in images. We have also learned that thanks to this recovery, the LAPD is now recommending our tool to detectives and officers in the field.

GadgetTrak Blog: Photographer Recovers $9K Stolen Camera & Equipment.

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Ohio: Gentleman crashes stolen truck into adult store, steals $800 sex toy

"Police are looking for the sex-crazed loser who crashed a stolen semi-truck into an adult store early Monday morning, and swiped a very expensive XXX toy." Full news report, such as it is, with video.

Thank you, Ohio, for ensuring we never run out of "gentleman" material at Boing Boing. (via Steve Silberman)

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