Electronic Technology

This was sent to me in an e-mail, hadn't thought of this before:

This gives us something to think about with all our new
electronic technology.

GPS
A couple weeks ago, a friend told me that some people
she knew had their car broken into while they were at a
football game. Their car was parked on the green which was
adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to
football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage
door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been
prominently mounted on the dashboard.

When the victims got home, they found that their house
had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything
had been stolen.

The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the
house. They then used the garage remote control to open the
garage door and gain entry to the house. The thieves knew
the owners were at the football game and they knew what time
the game was scheduled to finish, so they knew how much time
they had to clean up the house. It appears that they brought
a truck to empty the house of its contents.

MOBILE PHONE
I never thought of this.......
This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists
her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen.
Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card,
wallet...etc. .. was stolen.

20 minutes later, she called her hubby from a pay
phone telling him what had happened. Hubby said, 'I
received your text asking about our pin number and I replied
a little while ago.'

When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told
them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had
actually used the stolen cell phone to text 'hubby'
in the contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within
20 minutes, he had withdrawn all the money from their bank
account.

Moral of the lesson:
Do not disclose the relationship between you and the
people in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home,
Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom, etc.... And very
importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through
texts, CONFIRM by calling back. Also, when you're being
texted by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure
to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If
you don't reach them, be very careful about going places
to meet 'family and friends' who text you.

*PLEASE PASS THIS ON
*I never thought about THAT! As of now, I no longer
have 'home' listed on my cell phone.