From: Man@the.keyboard   
      
   On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:07:10 -0000 (UTC), Chris    
   wrote:   
      
   >Peter Johnson  wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:57:44 +1100, Daniel70   
   >>  wrote:   
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   >>   
   >>> However, if you were wanting to protect your Data from so burglar ....   
   >>> then maybe!! (if you are a pessimist!!)   
   >>>   
   >> When a house near me was burgled a few years ago they weren't   
   >> interested in consumer electronics, only jewellery.   
   >   
   >Computers and the like are bulky and difficult to carry. Money and   
   >jewellery are easy to pocket.   
      
    DVD's and other detritus might have entertainment value. Resale value   
   could be zero (I don't know, I've never tried to sell any down the   
   pub) but a thief might find stuff in your collection that he doesn't   
   have.   
      
    Whether that's worth risking decades in jail for is a value judgment   
   only the criminal could make. Me, I'd prefer to make friends with you   
   and to *borrow* your nice movies. :)   
      
   >   
   >> Which suggests   
   >> that they knew there was jewellery present but that's another story.   
   >   
   >What house in any decent area doesn't have jewellery?   
      
    Mine, for one.   
      
    Well, I think the wife's engagement and wedding rings and my wedding   
   ring are lying about in a drawer, somewhere but they would net about   
   thirty pence in a legitimate Jeweler's shop and a thief would spend   
   more than a pound's worth of his time looking for them. Hell, I *live*   
   here and it would take about that much time for *me* to find them. :)   
      
    My lady was never much for jewels and I'm not entirely a girl so I   
   don't have many, either.   
      
    Yes, that's sexist but it's true that girls like shiny, sparkly   
   stuff. Some of them. Sometimes.   
      
   >   
   >> (I have a NAS in my hall, and suspect that in the event of burglary it   
   >> would be ignored. (There are others backing it up elsehere in the   
   >> house that are not so obvious.))   
      
    That's the sort of thing *I* might take, were I a burglarry type. Not   
   for the resale value, which is nil or less, but because it might have   
   porn, movies or music on it.   
      
    Once I'd copied off the goodies, I'd probably return it   
   surreptitiously and unharmed. After all, if *I* found goodies on it   
   then *you* might miss it and that would be sad.   
      
    I don't think I'd copy off private photos or vids.   
      
    I'd make a lousy burglar.   
      
    I'd spend *days* making friends with your dog, cat and plants. :)   
      
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