Miata Mailing List: November 1993, Message #48
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Subject: Radio Redux
   Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1993 15:53:52 -0500

Found this on comp.risks.  Thought it might be of general interest...  Note
the part in ***'s.  I'm not sure if the stereos mentioned include ours, but
as a warning to those who really believe that these stereos are theft-proof.
(As if a thief breaking into a miata will spend the time reading (if s/he
can) the front label of the radio to determine if it is theft-proof...  :^)

John

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> Date: Mon, 01 Nov 93 13:27:18
> From: JONES_GE_3@prime1.central-lancashire.ac.uk
> Subject: Police feedback

> With the CERT-induced issue of passing sensitive information on to those
> that could really do with it in mind - I wondered if the British police
> have an official policy to hand over *all* such information to
> manufacturers of technical products with exploitable weaknesses.  I have
> been told (don't quote me though!) that for instance, although forged
> banknote detectors are in use in even our local 20ft by 20ft store,
> the notes can simply be sprayed with hairspray (one brand works particularly
> well!) to bypass the ultraviolet light. ***********************************
                                          *** Similarly, the so-called high *
> security coded car stereos touted at a premium because thieves can't use  *
> them can apparently just be placed in the freezer for a while... **********

> Makes me wonder what else clever(?) thieves could achieve if put in charge
> of a DTI department to boost our exports by undermining foreign products!!
> Only joking - I've just watched "Rising Sun"...

> Graeme

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