Social engineering and identity theft

 During the period of difficult times, one of the prime concern for any resident is the ease at which their personal information could be used to steal them.

Credit or Debit Card real time use information

Say if someone have your credit or debit card transactions information alone in real time. Suppose you make a purchase in a jewellery store. They could virtually trace your location and rob you or mug in the parking lot. This can cause at least the below two losses.

a. Physical Injury
b. Loss of property
c. Damage to your car glass if it is broken into

Walking out of a jewellery store or similar

Say you just purchased that beautiful jewellery for your loved one and you are walking towards the car and driving away. Someone could notice that and in a way follow you. Now say you like to do a quick errand shopping in a grocery store and leave the gift in your dash or similar. Those thieves can literally break in to your car and steal your gift in almost no time.

 

Living in an unsecured home or apartment

Say you just finished purchasing that valuable gift and you drive home. Say you live near the jewellery store and someone just followed you. They can notice your absence by waiting outside and break into your house to grab that valuable of yours. With the rising cost of renting and in demand places to find a place to live. There can be compromises made in terms of security

Being Single

Please don't get me wrong here, but this is one of the prime concern here as well. At least here in BC a large percentage people are single or either living with their pet. Say the perpetrator knows that you are by yourself here. There is a high chance that the thief can target you.

Spy cameras

Say you have installed that groovy camera you bought online. There are ways that the thieves can dodge it like wearing hoodie or pulling the wire or similar. It may take several crimes committed until the perpetrator is confirmed of the crimes. Chances are the criminal may leave the country after several crimes and come back after a while making one forget about the incident all together.

With all the above and living in the difficult times where more crimes could happen and may exceed the capacity of the local departments, it only adds stress and confusion to one's life.

 I remember quite some time ago when there were no gates to access the public transit and how they were added to reduce the illegal or free rides with more people coming in. How about the other gaps* like the house windows where one can easily barge in and walk away with your hard earned savings.