farmershort
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Hi Folks,
I realise parts of this have been covered before, but as things move on and technology/intelligence changes it can be good to have an up to date summary.
Hopefully it's not long till I get stuck into my 110 rebuild, and I've been thinking about the security features I'll need to add in light of all of the landy thefts these days. Indeed only last week did someone post on here about one being stolen from just a few miles away from me.
This is what I know I *must* do:
1) Glass security etching - free from autoglass apparently, or else a cheap ebay kit
2) Sky-tags - I think there's a landy security website which has a deal with these people to keep a DataBase of landy forum member skytag numbers. I'm not sure how useful these are, but I can't see any reason not to fit them to the roof.
3) After-market alarm of some sort
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Before I get lynched by the "don't talk about your security measures on the internet" mob, I'd like to state that I believe it to be more important to deter the 99% of landy thieves who come with basic equipment rather than the 1% who will steal your landy no matter what you do to it.
then my *optional* security measures which I'm still not sure about
4) Those side-bar locks which lock the door against the whole side of the body of a defender
5) Fancy alarm with proximity sensors inside (could be annoying as hell)
6) Some kind of tracker system (seems very expensive to get something which is not easily jammed)
7) Better door locks?? I'm not sure what's available but a more advanced barrel and a locking mechanism seems like it might be a good idea.
8) ID Marking *everything*... but how? simple UV pen? DNA ink?
It would be good to get some real-world feedback on people who've tried the above systems, and the opinions of anyone connected with "the law" who might have up-to-date information on the most common "attack vectors".
The UV pen thing is a confusing one for me, as I sort of imagine that even the most lazy of thieves would run a black-lamp over parts before selling them on?
Thanks
Adam
I realise parts of this have been covered before, but as things move on and technology/intelligence changes it can be good to have an up to date summary.
Hopefully it's not long till I get stuck into my 110 rebuild, and I've been thinking about the security features I'll need to add in light of all of the landy thefts these days. Indeed only last week did someone post on here about one being stolen from just a few miles away from me.
This is what I know I *must* do:
1) Glass security etching - free from autoglass apparently, or else a cheap ebay kit
2) Sky-tags - I think there's a landy security website which has a deal with these people to keep a DataBase of landy forum member skytag numbers. I'm not sure how useful these are, but I can't see any reason not to fit them to the roof.
3) After-market alarm of some sort
****
Before I get lynched by the "don't talk about your security measures on the internet" mob, I'd like to state that I believe it to be more important to deter the 99% of landy thieves who come with basic equipment rather than the 1% who will steal your landy no matter what you do to it.
then my *optional* security measures which I'm still not sure about
4) Those side-bar locks which lock the door against the whole side of the body of a defender
5) Fancy alarm with proximity sensors inside (could be annoying as hell)
6) Some kind of tracker system (seems very expensive to get something which is not easily jammed)
7) Better door locks?? I'm not sure what's available but a more advanced barrel and a locking mechanism seems like it might be a good idea.
8) ID Marking *everything*... but how? simple UV pen? DNA ink?
It would be good to get some real-world feedback on people who've tried the above systems, and the opinions of anyone connected with "the law" who might have up-to-date information on the most common "attack vectors".
The UV pen thing is a confusing one for me, as I sort of imagine that even the most lazy of thieves would run a black-lamp over parts before selling them on?
Thanks
Adam
