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	<title>Thiefhunters in Paradise &#187; security</title>
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		<title>Airport security belt steals</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2011/09/airport-security-steals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There goes our iPad. Swallowed by the security conveyor belt, immediately under the prominent sign that says &#8220;The tray stays until it is emptied.&#8221; After many uses, I came to trust that sign. I didn&#8217;t at first. I&#8217;d grab and &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2011/09/airport-security-steals/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ghost in the Wires</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2011/05/ghost-wires/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 22:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought Kevin Mitnick was a friend of mine—but that was before I read his forthcoming book, Ghost in the Wires. Kevin&#8217;s the consummate liar, it seems. He&#8217;ll say anything to get what he wants, going to extreme efforts to &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2011/05/ghost-wires/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Database data loss</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2011/04/database-data-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit card fraud]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=2067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People often share their credit card anxiety with me. They&#8217;re afraid their cards will be lost or stolen and huge bills will be run up by a thief, and that their identities will be cloned. &#8220;Is it better to just &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2011/04/database-data-loss/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Privacy: WAY out of our hands</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2011/02/privacy-out-of-our-hands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My nephew, planning an extended jaunt through Vietnam, applied for a visa. What he received horrified him. A bilingual letter authorized his entry and instructed him to pick up his visa upon arrival at Da Nang International Airport. My nephew&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2011/02/privacy-out-of-our-hands/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel room security lapses</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/11/hotel-room-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you check into a hotel and are handed a key to a room that turns out to be already occupied, you have to wonder about the hotel&#8217;s security. You definitely come to a conclusion about its competence. This is &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/11/hotel-room-security/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Masked man &#8220;swapped boarding pass&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/11/masked-man-swapped-boarding-pass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No reports expand on the claim that this ballsy Asian impostor &#8220;swapped boarding passes with a U.S. citizen and passenger who was born in 1955.&#8221; What 55-year-old U.S. citizen would agree to swap boarding passes with a stranger? Unless the &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/11/masked-man-swapped-boarding-pass/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Publicly accusing hotels of theft</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/10/publicly-accusing-hotels-theft/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/10/publicly-accusing-hotels-theft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before a lengthy stay in a certain hotel in Italy this summer, I searched for reviews of it online. Among the raves on TripAdvisor, I found one review that loudly accused the hotel staff of stealing cash from a room &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/10/publicly-accusing-hotels-theft/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel room theft by door-pushers</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/08/hotel-room-theft-by-door-pushers/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/08/hotel-room-theft-by-door-pushers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Door-pushers&#8221; are a problem in some cities. These thieves saunter down the long corridors of giant hotels with their arms outstretched, methodically pushing on every door on each side of the hall. Some doors open. In one city I won&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/08/hotel-room-theft-by-door-pushers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Police, security, challenge photographers despite public right</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/07/photo-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1676</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it legal to take photos at airport security checkpoints, or not? Occasionally I&#8217;ll politely ask a TSA officer if I may take a picture. Usually, they say no. You know, &#8220;for security reasons.&#8221; But not always. A few times &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/07/photo-rights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Behavior analysis and video surveillance</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/02/behavior-analysis-video-surveillance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Arno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last week, articles on the killing of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai, have been a veritable smorgasbord of intriguing intelligence reports. Anyone working intelligence or security analysis has intensely followed the different, and often contradictory, summarizations of &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/02/behavior-analysis-video-surveillance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel oddity #6</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/01/hotel-oddity-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[See anything wrong with the chain lock on this door at Miami&#8217;s Radisson Mart Plaza Hotel? It&#8217;s mounted backwards! Upside-down. It&#8217;s useless this way and, worse, gives a false sense of security. Another serious security risk. Do all the rooms &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/01/hotel-oddity-5/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel room safe thefts</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/12/hotel-room-safe-thefts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How safe is the safe in your hotel room? Not safe at all, it turns out, unless you factor in the odds. Odds are, your safe won&#8217;t be broken into. But the fact is, the crackin&#8217;s easy. Of course it &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/12/hotel-room-safe-thefts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel oddity #5</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/hotel-oddity-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hilton Tokyo-Bay, aka Japan&#8217;s Disneyland Hilton, was shockingly behind the times when we visited. Our paper electronic room keys had our room number printed right on them, instead of on an envelope. That&#8217;s a serious security risk. This was &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/hotel-oddity-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel Oddity #4</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/hotel-oddity-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We checked into a hotel last month and plodded through the tedious check-in procedure in a daze. It was a Millennium Hotel, but I won&#8217;t say in what city. I liked our room right away because it had an open &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/hotel-oddity-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When TSA confiscates your pocket knife…</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/tsa-confiscates-knife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brother-in-law, though a frequent flyer, forgot to move his pocket knife from his carry-on to his checked bag. He groaned when TSA discovered it. The knife was a gift from us, a gorgeous little oval less than two inches long, &#8230; <a href="http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/tsa-confiscates-knife/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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