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
Short answer- no. You can’t stop it.
Best advice is to not leave anything valuable in car, and nothing that could look like it’s hiding something under it or in it. Like no backpacks even if empty.
Ive lived in some areas where every night people would go checking car doors. Ive witnessed countless cars getting broken into just by people checking for unlocked cars. You’ll be surprised how often it happens even in areas where this is a known problem.
Otoh if the doors are locked but there’s valuables in sight then they’ll bust the windows which is why you shouldn’t leave anything in there to begin with.