Thieves Are Using Bluetooth to Target Vehicle Break-Ins | Outside Online

Thieves Are Using Bluetooth to Target Vehicle Break-Ins | Outside Online:

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"...the thieves only broke the small window immediately adjacent to where his devices were hidden and only took the backpack containing them. 
Police told him it was likely they’d used a Bluetooth scanner to target his car and even located exactly where his devices were before breaking into it.
...“There are some people, auto burglars, who actually detect that signal and target your car for that,” a San Jose Police Department representative told CBS. San Francisco saw a 24 percent increase in vehicle break-ins between 2016 and 2017, and while 2018 saw a slight decrease, 2019 is on track to be a record year..."
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