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03/30/2004, 12:20pm, EST
Tuesday, March 30th
Apple's white iPod headphones may attract criminals
The Times warns iPod users against using the bundled headphones when using the MP3 player in public places: "The distinctive 'earbud' white headphones are a giveaway to criminals that a highly desirable iPod, costing up to Ł400, is concealed about the street-walking music lover, according one reader: "Todays UK "The Times" (UK's 2nd major broadsheet) newspaper carries a front page article and photograph detailing the rise in attacks on iPod owners by muggers and reports police advise owners to avoid using the tell-tale white iPod earphones." [registration required]
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If I were to be a user, I'd surely leave the "mug me" ear phones at home and use something a little more discrete.
Having said that, London is a very safe place. Even safer now that MI5 have discovered the whereabouts of half a tonne of amonium nitrate destined for a Bali/Oklahoma type bomb.