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Posted by Steve Calvin on April 15, 2009, 6:05 pm


Not Garmin specific but...

It kind pf even makes sense: with a lot of newer cars having built in
GPS systems and a lot of other people having portables that the leave on
the dash, thieves have apparently caught on to the fact that if your car
is there, your GPS is there, and your there somewhere, if they steal the
car with the GPS, they now know where you live (find/home), probably
have the garage door opener and time to clean out your house.

They steal the car, do a "find/home" or such on the gps, go there, park
in the garage and close the door and then raid the house. Be careful
--
Steve

Posted by Frank on April 15, 2009, 6:16 pm


If your really worried about someone finding where you live through your
GPS, just set 'Home' to be a block or two away from where you actually live.
You should be able to find the rest of the way home from there.

Frank


> Not Garmin specific but...
> It kind pf even makes sense: with a lot of newer cars having built in GPS
> systems and a lot of other people having portables that the leave on the
> dash, thieves have apparently caught on to the fact that if your car is
> there, your GPS is there, and your there somewhere, if they steal the car
> with the GPS, they now know where you live (find/home), probably have the
> garage door opener and time to clean out your house.
> They steal the car, do a "find/home" or such on the gps, go there, park in
> the garage and close the door and then raid the house. Be careful
> --
> Steve



Posted by Steve Calvin on April 15, 2009, 6:47 pm


Frank wrote:
> If your really worried about someone finding where you live through your
> GPS, just set 'Home' to be a block or two away from where you actually live.
> You should be able to find the rest of the way home from there.
>
> Frank
>
>
>> Not Garmin specific but...
>> It kind pf even makes sense: with a lot of newer cars having built in GPS
>> systems and a lot of other people having portables that the leave on the
>> dash, thieves have apparently caught on to the fact that if your car is
>> there, your GPS is there, and your there somewhere, if they steal the car
>> with the GPS, they now know where you live (find/home), probably have the
>> garage door opener and time to clean out your house.
>> They steal the car, do a "find/home" or such on the gps, go there, park in
>> the garage and close the door and then raid the house. Be careful
>> --
>> Steve
>
>
I'm not worried at all for reasons which we won't go into here... this
was meant for the people who may fit the behavior patterns being described.

--
Steve

Posted by Meebers on April 15, 2009, 8:09 pm


How about setting the "Home" location to the local police station. When you
notice your car is missing, call the police and have them be on the look
out! :-) My real home address is under "bobs bar"

> Frank wrote:
>> If your really worried about someone finding where you live through your
>> GPS, just set 'Home' to be a block or two away from where you actually
>> live. You should be able to find the rest of the way home from there.
>> Frank
>>> Not Garmin specific but...
>>> It kind pf even makes sense: with a lot of newer cars having built in
>>> GPS systems and a lot of other people having portables that the leave on
>>> the dash, thieves have apparently caught on to the fact that if your car
>>> is there, your GPS is there, and your there somewhere, if they steal the
>>> car with the GPS, they now know where you live (find/home), probably
>>> have the garage door opener and time to clean out your house.
>>> They steal the car, do a "find/home" or such on the gps, go there, park
>>> in the garage and close the door and then raid the house. Be careful
>>> --
>>> Steve
> I'm not worried at all for reasons which we won't go into here... this was
> meant for the people who may fit the behavior patterns being described.
> --
> Steve



Posted by Simon Slavin on April 16, 2009, 3:50 pm


> They steal the car, do a "find/home" or such on the gps, go there,
> park  in the garage and close the door and then raid the house. Be
> careful

Do you have evidence of this ? Crime reports ? Newspaper reports ?
What ? Where ? Or is it just an urban legend ?

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