Bike thieves search for victims with the help of social networks
Police in Humberside County, England, reports that thefts of expensive bicycles committed by using information obtained through websites that allow you to track the location of your bike have become more frequent. These resources include Strava, Map My Ride and popular social networks.
Bicycle shops owners report that they are increasingly turning to victims of thieves, who claim that it was the aforementioned sites that led the intruders to their expensive bikes.
How to deal with this problem? What do experts say? First of all, you need to keep security settings enabled on mobile apps. In addition, on their pages on social networks, such as Facebook, it is better to refrain from publishing photos of your favorite bike worth up to several thousand pounds. After all, a simple search by name in Strava will easily reveal to the attacker where your trips end, i.e. your actual address. If we consider that many owners of expensive bikes prefer to keep them in sheds poorly protected from burglary, and they even spare money for a good bicycle lock, it becomes clear that the thief simply needs to choose the best time to steal.
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For example, in the Strava application, you can select a setting that sets a private zone within a certain radius of your home. This will hide your real address from thieves, as the application will mask your further route as soon as you enter this area.
Bicycle shops owners report that they are increasingly turning to victims of thieves, who claim that it was the aforementioned sites that led the intruders to their expensive bikes.
How to deal with this problem? What do experts say? First of all, you need to keep security settings enabled on mobile apps. In addition, on their pages on social networks, such as Facebook, it is better to refrain from publishing photos of your favorite bike worth up to several thousand pounds. After all, a simple search by name in Strava will easily reveal to the attacker where your trips end, i.e. your actual address. If we consider that many owners of expensive bikes prefer to keep them in sheds poorly protected from burglary, and they even spare money for a good bicycle lock, it becomes clear that the thief simply needs to choose the best time to steal.
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For example, in the Strava application, you can select a setting that sets a private zone within a certain radius of your home. This will hide your real address from thieves, as the application will mask your further route as soon as you enter this area.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/374555/
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