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Subject: Re: Smart water deters criminals Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2008 03:34:24 +0100

habshi@anony.com (habshi) wrote:

> The police are giving away smart water for free.
>You only need a tiny speck of it to identify . A serial number can be
>easily defaced.

Maybe where you live. Personally I'm happy not to live in an area where the
police think trialing smart water will produce the greatest result.

No doubt the results of these trials distorted by the pre-selection of
candidate areas will be hailed a great success and used to promote the use
of this expensive and ineffective technology.

UV visible marker pens to mark your property with a post code have been
available for ages at a tiny fraction of the cost and provide almost the
same level of security. They are not promoted because there is no money to
be made from them. Shame the police won't be running control trials at the
same time to compare the benefit of expensive smart water with dirt cheap
UV marker pens.

If a thief can be bothered to check his swag for UV marks then he can
remove them. He may not be able to remove all trace of smart water but well
enough to defeat a cursory glance with a UV lamp which is all the police
are going to do. What is to stop a thief spraying swag with his own smart
water?
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