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How thievable are oscilloscopes?
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AndyBeez:

--- Quote from: Faringdon on July 09, 2022, 08:58:15 am ---Hi,
Just taken over a workspace in London. Wondering whether to leave the Rigol 40MHz (£90 many years ago) scope in there or not?
I deffo wont leave my laptop in there.
Its (workspace) got a Yale lock.....and main door security could be "tailgated".
Provious users may have got duplicate keys done.

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Does your Rigol have a carry handle? If yes... there's your answer.

Risk assesement 101 - if the building is not yours, the locks are not yours and the 'security' guards are on upto minimum wage, consider the space unsecure. Even if if they boast 24hour CCTV coverage, valuables will walk.

I once worked in a secure bank location somewhere in London where, we could not bring cameras onsite for security considerations. Phones were locked in lockers. Yet, expensive items disappeared off desks overnight. Would you believe it, but the cheapest is best contact cleaning company was staffed with light fingered illegal migrants.

Carry home or insure accordingly.

Edit: I should add, even if you do manage to track down a stolen item to the local cash converters store, it is highly unlikely the police will have any interest in investigating.
PlainName:
There are small GPS trackers that respond to SMS (or can periodically send position to a server or your phone) which are intended for cars and the like. Main problem is power, but you should be able to arrange for a battery to be recharged whenever the scope is powered. The trackers typically have a USB input, so if the scope has USB it's just a case of plugging it in.

Not vouching for this one, and it is 12V, but it's typical of what's out there:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09MKL8NZJ
bd139:

--- Quote from: AndyBeez on July 10, 2022, 02:07:01 pm ---Edit: I should add, even if you do manage to track down a stolen item to the local cash converters store, it is highly unlikely the police will have any interest in investigating.

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This reminds me of an incident with my ex mother in law. My nephew’s bike was stolen and ended up in a cash converters. This was about 15 years ago before they gave a crap about doing ID checks. Phoned police and they did nothing so she just walked in there and took it. Staff called the police who didn’t do anything either  :-DD
ebastler:

--- Quote from: AndyBeez on July 10, 2022, 02:07:01 pm ---Would you believe it, but the cheapest is best contact cleaning company was staffed with light fingered illegal migrants.

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I didn't realize that contact cleaning was such a significant business that it can keep a specialized company afloat. Not surprised that they pay minumim wage or even less. I usually do my own contact cleaning, preferably using KONTAKT WL solvent.

 ;)
xrunner:

--- Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on July 10, 2022, 12:35:25 am ---
So it doesn't matter where or when or who, stuff will disappear.

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The house next to me had an estate sale a few years ago. There was an old planter in the front yard which wasn't specifically for sale. It had been there as long as I can remember when I knew the man there who passed away. The planter had three rusted legs and the top part was old fiberglass, which was so old it had holes in it. I think their plan was to throw it away - worthless  junk.

However, over the night on the weekend of the estate sale it was gone in the morning. I asked the daughters who bought that old POS.  :-DD

They said somebody stole it over the night, probably somebody who had visited the sale.

And the OP asks if an oscilloscope could be stolen?  :-//
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