If you’ve got one of them new-fangled cars that sport a Global Positioning System (GPS) and you’ve programmed it to find the quickest and easiest routes to and from your home, you might want to rethink what you did.
Never, ever program your house address into your GPS.
See, if your car is ever stolen, all the thief has to do is hit the “Go Home” feature and the GPS will tell him exactly how to get there. And don’t forget that if you were out driving, you’re not home. And the thief knows that.
Once he’s there, all he has to do is use the garage door opener you graciously left in your car to open the garage door, drive in, close the door, and wander around in your house undisturbed, doing what he wants to do.
What you can do to prevent this is to program in a store or gas station that’s nearby. That’ll foil the culprit.
Oh, and while I’m at it, let me advise you not to list the words “Hubby” or “Wife” in your cell phone list of contacts.
If someone steals your cell, all they have to do is text your spouse and maybe ask for a personal identification number (PIN). Your spouse likely will automatically text the PIN back to “you” and the bad guy can clear out your account without either of you knowing it.
Use your spouse’s name instead.
2 comments:
I use ICE 1 and ICE 2 ~~In Case of Emergency ~ in my cell phone.
Good tips! Thanks for sharing! :)
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