The Livermore Police Department in California warned residents that tech-savvy thieves are searching for active Bluetooth devices that are left in cars as a rising 'crime trend.'
Various Bluetooth finder apps are available online, and they’re originally intended to help people locate devices that they’ve lost.
"Best practice would be not to leave any electronics in a vehicle at all," said Lendman, in the Livermore Police Department’s Facebook video.the second-best thing would be to make sure they’re completely powered off," he continued. FOX Business reached out to the Livermore Police Department and neighboring departments in the Bay Area for comment. The crime trend doesn’t appear to have reached Los Angeles, according to a public information officer with the Los Angeles Police Department.It’s unclear how common the Bluetooth-scanning method is outside the state of California.
In December 2022, Houston-based news station KHOU 11 warned Texas residents that thieves are using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi trackers to find devices that are left in cars.
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