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This morning I found out someone broke into my car and stole some low value junk I had in my glovebox along with a jacket and other stuff. I was home all along and didn't hear it happening. I am usually one to check twice that the car locks when I leave it, and if for whatever reason I don't then it auto locks after a while.

Now I'm a bit clueless with this stuff so I'm wondering 1) how they opened it without triggering the alarm and 2) can I do anything to prevent this from happening again? Any contraption/device I can use ?

TIA

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[–] FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not a super helpful response, but honestly I’d be glad they only opened it. At our old condo people repeatedly broke into my wife’s car by smashing the window to steal random shit worth nothing, especially compared to the cost of replacing the window.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I remember seeing articles about people leaving their doors open or windows down in places with lots of smash and grabs

[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago

I know someone with a soft topped convertible that does this after the roof got cut open once.

[–] Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, I got that advice when travelling to Marseille, France. Take everything out of the car and leave the windows open.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

As someone who lives in a particularly rainy part of the world I'm grateful I don't have to do that here

[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I just started leaving my car unlocked for this reason. There have been a few times over the years that I left it unlocked and someone rifled through my shit, but last week they smashed the window. It's amazing what a mess it makes.