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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2721  
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Thank you for the warning. l would suggest not entering your actual address on any public forum.
Also be careful posting photos of your vehicle showing the registration number. The reason for this being, you can google the registration number and AI will find and show all photos online with that number plate. One of which could identify where the vehicle was kept, if the photo was taken in your drive or outside your property |
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14th Sep 2024 11:31am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20292
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Also, I won’t go into details, but, if you post photos on here it is safe, on any social media it is not.
I won’t disclose as to why, it won’t be discussed by me, but social media posts and photos etc is a pick up point. Also beware of, again, social media, defender clubs, thieves frequent these places and pose as enthusiasts which they most certainly are not. I no longer use social media anyway, not because of being tech rejecting but the idiocy and hate on it that goes on, I don’t feel I’m missing out, quite the opposite. Turn everything off that you can think of unless it’s a need, that is a good scenario to chose and be aware that the settings can get overridden by updates, so always go back and ensure various things are turned off. By this I mean on tech like iphones iPads etc. You even get authorities hacking things these days illegally, it happens all the time. And it’s an offence to do that and they still do. Call me cynical but I trust no one, beware of over interest in car parks by any observers too. It doesn’t matter what it is, a new Def, original Defender, Trailer, tools etc, anything, anything, is fair game if it’s worth anything. ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️ |
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14th Sep 2024 11:38am |
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| Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 4202 
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I never knew about that map feature. I don't show on their for whatever reason, which is good. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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14th Sep 2024 2:19pm |
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| Balvaig Member Since: 19 Feb 2016 Location: Fife Posts: 729  
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My understanding is that you only appear on the map feature if you authorise it. There are warnings about not being too exact in setting your location on the map too.
Hopefully Martin will explain the detail for those who are worried. |
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14th Sep 2024 3:13pm |
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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1016 
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Also think of the background if you take pictures of your vehicle, its surprising what you can do with reverse searching and google lens Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
Puma 90 XS - Sold D3 - 2.7 S x2 (both Sold) Freelander 2 HSE - Sold Freelander 1 - Sold Disco 2 - Sold |
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14th Sep 2024 4:11pm |
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| CincyRovers1 Member Since: 30 Nov 2023 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 56 
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I'm from the US and it still shocks me how much of a problem car theft is in the UK. I popped across the pond in July for the Goodwood Festival of Speed and everyone told me to be careful where I parked my rental car because of car theft. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏𝟎 𝐒 𝐏𝟑𝟎𝟎 (Pangea Green over Acorn/Lunar)
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒 (Dolomite Silver over Black/Bordeaux Red) 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐒𝐄 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝟔 (Aintree Green over Vintage Tan/Ebony) - Gone 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏 𝐋𝐑𝟒 𝐇𝐒𝐄 𝟓.𝟎 (Ipanema Sand over Almond/Arabica) - Gone |
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17th Sep 2024 12:58pm |
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| XplusYplusZ Member Since: 16 Aug 2021 Location: UK Posts: 483 |
In the profile section you can add 'co-ordinates', I thought this is where the map sourced its locations from - but it looks like it will also use 'your current location' if you allow it.. Definitely risky!
It does recommend you don't use you're actual address and use a nearby landmark instead. I think I've found the coordinates I'm going to use..  Click image to enlarge |
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24th Sep 2024 9:55am |
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| H1Tad Member Since: 20 Jul 2024 Location: Maine Posts: 110
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Has anyone ever installed a kill switch on a L663 before? I've got one on my big boy but I don't use it unless I'm parked in a sketchy area (I'm more worried about vandalism than theft though, sadly through experience).
On our vehicles, there's so much that's going on in the computers even when the vehicle is off that I'd be worried about short-circuiting the thing. Also all of my vehicles have a RideDog tracker in them. Thieves know how to disable OEM trackers, but the tracker that's embedded in the C-pillar under a bunch of foam insulation? They ain't looking there. https://ridedog.com/ Not sure if it works in Europe however. I'm sure there's something similar over there. (No affiliation, just happy customer) 2022 Defender 110 SE P400 Tasman Blue Expedition and Cold weather package 2003 Hummer H1 P400 Firehouse Red 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser |
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24th Sep 2024 12:52pm |
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