<p>Are you all continuing to use locks in good faith that the old locks will still do a decent enough job? At Princeton, is laptop theft really even an issue?</p>
<p>Most people here don’t even use the locks. I do cause im paranoid but my suitemates dont (they leave their iPods around too) and we have an open door policy. Theft isnt really an issue here.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response pimpdaddy. I have heard that Princeton’s campus is generally safer than most colleges, but many college students (not from Princeton) have been telling me that a laptop lock is an aboslute must. Now it seems that they are practically useless!</p>
<p>Just don’t be stupid and leave your laptop lying around.</p>
<p>Well is it safe to leave it lying around in your unlocked room? What about leaving it on a library desk while you get a drink of water? How about on a table while you line up at the cafeteria?
The problem with a laptop is that you can’t exactly tote it around everywhere you go.</p>
<p>Hm, for some reason I think that you’d be relatively safe leaving your laptop around in most places.</p>
<p>Anyone who has gone to Princeton recently hear of any actual theft? </p>
<p>Think about it: you steal someone’s laptop, then… use it? Wouldn’t someone notice (Your parents/friends/maybe the person you stole it from)? These aren’t bad kids, you know. I’m sure you don’t have to worry about people stealing your stuff, but I still wouldn’t be goofy and leave it out way in the open for extended periods of time.</p>
<p>“Well is it safe to leave it lying around in your unlocked room?”</p>
<p>No. You ought to lock your room even when you’re going to the bathroom unless your roommate or someone you trust is there. This extends to protecting other objects like your iPods, clothes, money, food whatever. It’s just common sense.</p>
<p>" What about leaving it on a library desk while you get a drink of water? "</p>
<p>Get someone near you to watch it.</p>
<p>“How about on a table while you line up at the cafeteria?”</p>
<p>I’ve never seen someone take their laptop the cafeteria. If you need to carry it around alot get a backpack that has a laptop pocket, so you can carry it easily.</p>
<p>“The problem with a laptop is that you can’t exactly tote it around everywhere you go.”</p>
<p>I’ve left my laptop in the library for hours and nothing has ever happened to it. Use your best judgement, leaving your iPod at a frat party is far different from leaving your laptop at Firestone.
If you lock your door and take care of your valuables, I really don’t see anything being stolen.</p>
<p>True; the vast majority of Princeton students would not be tempted to steal another’s laptop. However, there are occasionally reports of real sketchballs hanging around Frist or some other public gathering spot. Firestone may be relatively secure (need an ID to get in), but people need to remember that much of Princeton is left unlocked almost round-the-clock (e.g. many academic buildings that one can just wander into at 3 AM). Princeton is an easy target for wannabe petty thiefs who are looking to pinch a laptop or a bike or something of that nature.</p>
<p>Didn’t mean to get all foreboding there…it’s just important to remember that the ‘orange bubble’ here can easily be breached by those with malicious intent.</p>