Malaysian laptop thieves using mystery gadget to pick which cars to break into

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ChazB @ Aug 22nd 2006 9:34PM

I seem to remember reading an article a year or so ago where this was happening in either North America or Europe. The thieves were using Bluetooth enabled cell phones to connect to Bluetooth enabled laptops that were set to auto discover and connect to Bluetooth devices. From there, since Bluetooth has such a short range compared to WiFi, it was a matter of smash and grab.

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