Frackin script kiddies!!

[sethg-Dp9fwfP21SfQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org (Seth Gordon)]

Richard Pieri wrote:
> On Aug 3, 2010, at 1:18 AM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>> Adding SSL and a password most certainly *does* provide added
>> protection. I know *I* feel like my car is less likely to be stolen if
>> I lock the doors, roll up the windows and take the key with me,
>> anyway. Sure, it can still happen, but its a lot less likely.
> 
> Here's something to ponder: if you put a Club on your wheel then your car is *more* likely to be stolen by a professional car thief than if you did not.

In a parking lot where car thieves cannot instantly make a hundred 
clones of themselves and try to steal all the cars at once, the Club 
sends a signal to most potential thieves: ?investing your scarce time in 
trying to steal *some other car* will probably give you a higher return?.

Of course, you can send the same message by simply driving a car that is 
conspicuously *cheaper* than most other cars in the lot.  I feel sorry 
for anyone who would actually *want* to steal my 1999 Ford Windstar minivan.

> A pro needs one tool to steal your car: a crowbar to break the wheel lock.  The same pro needs a 6 inch hacksaw blade to saw through your steering wheel to remove the Club and use it as the crowbar to break the lock.  Which is easier to carry around: a crowbar or a 6 inch hacksaw blade?

Would such a pro really carry around a blade but no crowbar, on the 
assumption that he can find at least one car with a crowbar-equivalent 
tool inside it?