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Faringdon:
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.

pcprogrammer:
Go and ask your local police what the risks in the area are. They can also advice on what measures to take on prevention.

tggzzz:
They are 82.5% "thievable" in some parts of London, but only 68.2% in others, and 24.9% in the best parts.

The obvious solution is to cart anything valuable (including soldering iron) back to your flat every night. Make sure your landlord doesn't spot them and think you are doing soldering for business purposes.

jonpaul:
Of course anything can be stolen especially in a big city. The low life's don't know or care what they steal.

The police will do nothing.

Jon

bd139:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on July 09, 2022, 09:41:24 am ---They are 82.5% "thievable" in some parts of London, but only 68.2% in others, and 24.9% in the best parts.

The obvious solution is to cart anything valuable (including soldering iron) back to your flat every night. Make sure your landlord doesn't spot them and think you are doing soldering for business purposes.

--- End quote ---

Having had 11 oscilloscopes thieved from my personal possession in London I conclude that your statistics are accurate. Last one was only last week. Was just sitting in the pub with it and turned away for a moment and it was gone. Police didn’t even call back it’s so common these days. Long gone are the days of nicking bikes.

Someone is now sitting there in their scummy flat enjoying that Tektronix 465B and I am deprived and angry about it. 

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