{"id":681555,"date":"2010-03-03T14:01:36","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T19:01:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:09:19","slug":"reduce-your-chances-of-laptop-theft-by-turning-off-wi-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/681555","title":{"rendered":"Reduce Your Chances Of Laptop Theft By Turning Off Wi-Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A security company says that one easy way to find recently closed laptops hidden in cars or bags is to search for Wi-Fi radios<\/a>, because some laptops can take half an hour or more before going into sleep mode. You need a specialized scanner to do sniff out Wi-Fi radios, but NetworkWorld.com says you can get one<\/a> for about $50. The security company, Credant Technologies, says a group of lottery scammers in Jamaica were using stolen laptops that they found in this way. The solution: disable your Wi-Fi before you close the lid on your laptop.<\/p>\n

“Laptop theft can be reduced by turning off WiFi”<\/a> [infosecurity via jen_h<\/a>]
\n“Wi-Fi finders let thieves track down hidden laptops”<\/a> [Network World]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A security company says that one easy way to find recently closed laptops hidden in cars or bags is to search for Wi-Fi radios, because some laptops can take half an hour or more before going into sleep mode. You need a specialized scanner to do sniff out Wi-Fi radios, but NetworkWorld.com says you can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2759,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-681555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2RiP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":782801,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681555\/revisions\/782801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}