Dick's Sporting Goods stock tanks as retail thieves snatch profits

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6. I guess anybody and everything is a target these days

In the S.F. Bay Area thieves are using Bluetooth to find tech -- phones, tablets, notebooks -- in parked cars. I posted this in the California forum a while back.

Any smartphone can scan for Bluetooth signals, which means that if a phone is close enough to someone’s stashed cell phone, iPad or laptop, thieves who walk up to a car can detect its presence in just a matter of seconds, said Rob Enderle, a technology analyst and consultant.

Post here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/104032345