Must be something in the water…
Looks like the cops in London are getting pretty full of themselves, and its all because of a new system going into place at many frequently burgled (is that a word?) homes and businesses. They have so much faith in their new system, entitled Smartwater, that they have sent a little Valentine’s Day card to frequent or suspected offenders.
Inside, the message turns more sinister: “Roses are red, violets are blue, when Smartwater is activated, it’s over for you.”
Isn’t that cute? I wonder how long till someone figures out how to beat their system and sends them a cute little card back.
I did some checking on this “smartwater” system and they offer a few products on their horribly ugly and difficult to use website. Their forensic products seem to all revolve around marking products that you want to protect with a “practically impossible to remove entirely” mark that glows under UV light.
Seems like a nice idea, but just the fact that you are telling the crooks about this first seems like a bad idea. I would just shut up about it. For one, just to save face if someone finds out how to beat it, and two, to lock up a few of these guys that don’t know about it and strike first.
Hopefully I’ll get to hear how this turns out.
Via boingboing
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Mike
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Neil T.