On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 smac at visi.com wrote: > I guess this is one of the ways homes get robbed, over heard conversations. Not a major one. Let's see, what sequence of events is necessary for this to be a problem: A) You get work done at your home by a worker B) said worker wanders around your house to notice what you have C) said worker comments on what you have in the local bar D) Said comment was overheard by a burglar E) Burglar finds out where you live ("I was over at this guys place and..." doesn't help) F) Burglar decides to go rob your house If any one of those things doesn't happen, you house doesn't get robbed simply because you had a guy over to fix your ceiling. Rather than hanging out in bars hoping to evesdrop on talkative repairmen, your average burglar is more likely to be out driving around and casing neighborhoods. When you buy new electronic or computer equipment, fold the boxes up and put them into trashbags when you throw them out. Much more likely than overhearing the worker talk about your new 52" flatscreen TV is that the burglar has driven by your house and took note of that big box for the new TV you're throwing out with the trash. When you go on vacation, even a few days, have a neighbor pick up your mail and advertising circulars- nothing says "I'm not home!" quite like a pile of advertising circulars by the front door (except at my place, where they say "I haven't bothered to throw them out yet"). The other thing to do to prevent your house from being broken into: get a security alarm and/or a big dog. People go into house robbery because it's a low risk/high reward form of crime. They're furniture movers seduced by the dark side. It doesn't matter that the security system is nothing more than a sign planted in the front yard, or that the large dog is a complete wuss who is more likely to cower in the closet than attack the burglars- they might *not* be. You've just made your house too risky to rob. It's impossible to make it impossible to rob your house- any security system can be worked around. It's fairly easy to make your house not worth the trouble to rob. This is the secret to all security, house, computer, and otherwise. Brian _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list