Subject: OT (was: Re: Any point to password protecting the bios if only 3 people in the household, and 2 know nothing about bioses?)

On 2026/2/1 9:54:0, John wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:07:10 -0000 (UTC), Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
wrote:

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Computers and the like are bulky and difficult to carry. Money and
jewellery are easy to pocket.

I'm pretty sure laptops would disappear, though.

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.

(Mine too.)

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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 (male) quite like sparkly things. Not chains, necklaces, or rings, but artfully-assembled collections of sparkly things - such as brooches - I
quite like. Though I'm completely unconcerned as to whether they're
carbon (or other) crystals, or just Zwarovski glass. Having said that, I
don't think I own any such (apart from a little cat brooch I bought my
grandma once, and inherited when she died - but not sure where it is.
That's Zwarovski or similar, not diamonds).

(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.

Porn could be used to blackmail you, especially if it's illegal in any
way. And while we're touching on the nastier side of burglary, personal
details - so they tell us - also have a fenceable value, if you find the
right sort of fence: at least things like bank details, possibly
commercially confidential information too.

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.

:-) Now that's more my kind of burglar!

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. :)

J.

Oh, if there's a cat, I'd be hopeless! Or more or less an animal. I
don't _think_ plants, though, though I might tend them. ("No, officer,
nothing was taken, but the plants were watered.")

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