Unique Ways to Protect Your Car + Other Safety Tips in 20 Mins

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00:00Are you sure you feel safe when you leave your car out overnight, in a parking lot or

00:05at the office?

00:07Every year, shifty lawbreakers steal millions of cars all over the world.

00:11That's about 800,000 a year just in the US.

00:16And believe me, thieves are getting more inventive every year.

00:19They've learned how to turn off car alarms, outsmart smart keys, and, on average, drive

00:25away in your car in just 20 seconds.

00:29So what are you gonna do?

00:30Well, let's start with the basics, like when your car alarm starts talking to you.

00:34You're sitting at home when suddenly, beep beep beep, get out here and help me!

00:39Your car's screaming at you.

00:41You grab your keys and rush to the window.

00:43Hmm, I don't see anyone.

00:45Maybe a neighbor passed by a little too close, or a bird sat on my antenna.

00:50What if everything isn't so harmless, and someone was trying to get into your car?

00:55Good ol' car alarm frightened him off.

00:57Congratulations!

00:58Eh, the whole neighborhood's awake, but you kept your car.

01:01Well, step up your game with a mute immobilizer.

01:05It works like this.

01:07Someone somehow gets into your car.

01:09Heh heh heh, perfect, totally got away with it.

01:12Key in, car on, punch it into drive, time for a quick getaway.

01:16Your car speeds off.

01:18For about 3 seconds, then chit-chit-chit, your car stalls and refuses to move.

01:24Looks like someone picked the wrong car, thinks the thief, and he's off into the

01:27night.

01:28You actually need two keys to start your car, your regular key and a kind of electronic

01:33reader that double-confirms it's really you.

01:36It's kind of like when they send you a code by text when you want to open some secure

01:41app on your phone.

01:42When you have one of these systems and someone tries to steal your car, it shuts down automatically.

01:48Just remember, keep your two key thingies separate from each other.

01:52If they're on the same keychain, then the whole thing was pointless.

01:55Experts recommend telling everyone your car is protected.

01:59Slap a sticker on there, this car is protected by super-secret safe security.

02:03Yeah, it's not a done deal, but why bother trying to steal a car if it might be protected?

02:09Don't have the cash for a car alarm with built-in immobilizer yet?

02:13Well, at least buy a sticker.

02:15So anti-theft systems work pretty well, but you still gotta be careful.

02:20Let's say you're in a hurry, late for an important meeting.

02:22Rush hour, traffic, I can't be late again!

02:26Finally, you drive up to the building, pull into the parking lot, jump out of your car,

02:30and sprint to the entrance.

02:32So did you check all your windows?

02:34You sure they're closed?

02:36What about the doors?

02:37If you stop and look around, you might just see a casual observer in the parking lot,

02:42sitting in a car or wandering around pretending to look for something.

02:47Say goodbye to your unlocked car.

02:49You may as well put a welcome sign on it.

02:52And even if they don't steal your car, don't hold your breath for all your personal stuff

02:56inside.

02:57So, remember, when you get out of your car, take a peek.

03:01Did you leave anything behind?

03:03Documents, wallet, phone?

03:05Don't be too shocked if they're gone when you get back.

03:08Just shove them into the glove compartment.

03:11Take extra care if you're usually parking your driveway.

03:14Imagine you come home for dinner, leave the car, and rush into the house.

03:19Dinner smells so good!

03:20Well, some guy out on the street's thinking the same thing about your unlocked car.

03:25Delicious!

03:26And it's not just at night.

03:27Make sure you lock your car when you get home, even if it's in the middle of the day.

03:32I'm so guilty on this next one.

03:34Don't leave your car keys near the front door.

03:36I've been doing it wrong for years.

03:39You lock your car, go inside, throw the keys on that table next to the front door, and

03:43run to the kitchen.

03:45Oops.

03:46How often do you check if there are any weird people around when you drive up to your house?

03:50Me?

03:51Nah, never.

03:52It'd be pretty easy to miss someone hiding behind a tree or pretending to tie his shoelaces

03:57or something.

03:59He waits for a little while, sneaks up to the front door, and pulls the handle.

04:03You were so hungry, you forgot to lock it.

04:06The guy looks around for your keys, and there they are!

04:09Why does everyone leave them right there for me?

04:12He grabs them and he's out the door.

04:14You never heard a thing.

04:16What if you left your new watch on that little table?

04:18Yeah, it's gone too.

04:20Bottom line, don't leave anything valuable right by the front door, and always lock it

04:25behind you.

04:26Burglaries are on the rise in your neighborhood, and you have concerns about whether your house

04:31might be vulnerable.

04:34You have no surveillance system, so tonight, you're placing some foil over the front door

04:39handle before you go to bed.

04:43This will help identify if someone sneakily tries to enter while you sleep.

04:49You wake up the next morning, and it appears the foil is slightly ripped.

04:54Someone has been here, and they're sure to return.

04:58Another option is to put a mug on the doorknob.

05:00When the knob turns, the mug will fall, causing a noise to wake you up and hopefully deter

05:07the intruder.

05:10Your main concern is that a tradesman stopped by recently.

05:13He said that he was working next door and asked to use your toilet.

05:19You refused and felt bad at the time for being rude, but it was a very smart move.

05:25About 60% of burglaries in the USA are made by someone you know or have met before.

05:33That tradesman, while going to the bathroom, could have adjusted something in your house

05:37to make their return entry a little easier.

05:40They may have wanted to take a closer look at what security system is installed, check

05:44the structural integrity of your home, and found out what valuable loot you might have.

05:50Finally, today you're going on vacation.

05:54You need to prepare your house and make it as safe as possible.

05:59A full postbox is the first thing a robber will look for in a target.

06:03Your neighbor will need to take your mail while you're away.

06:07A well-manicured property is a clear sign that you are always there.

06:12You've always kept your lawn mown and hedges trimmed, so you will need to arrange for someone

06:17to do this while you're away.

06:18If it was winter, any untouched snow around your house would also make it a target.

06:26Having a neighbor make pretend footprints that show recent activity will also provide

06:30a deterrent.

06:33There are many types of hedges that act as a great first defense.

06:37Luckily, you have sharp-leaved shrubs along your fences.

06:42If someone jumps into your property and lands on a sharp or spiky bush, they will immediately

06:47cry out in discomfort.

06:49This will alert your neighbors of an intruder.

06:53And the foliage will also catch fragments of clothing that could be used as evidence

06:58later.

07:00In preparation for your trip the week before, you opened and closed your curtains at random

07:05times throughout the day.

07:08You made sure there were no clear patterns, so it won't matter if they're left open while

07:13you're away, just in case someone was scouting your property.

07:18Burglars spend several days walking or driving through neighborhoods, identifying the behaviors

07:23of each house.

07:26One thing they don't really like is a neighborhood watch.

07:30Burglars do their research before they start scouting and will avoid these areas, something

07:35for you to organize when you get back.

07:38Now, move all your expensive electronics away from the windows so there's nothing of value

07:44in clear view.

07:46Put them inside a cupboard or a concealed room.

07:50Don't worry about TVs.

07:52They're too large and take effort to move.

07:55The criminals are more interested in the smaller devices, like an iPad and gaming devices.

08:02Put your small expensive items, like jewelry, in boxes and hide them away in a secret location.

08:08Surprisingly, a kid's room is a good spot.

08:11Burglars have admitted to never going into them, as there's nothing of value in toys.

08:18Take photos of all the serial numbers on your electronic devices and create an inventory

08:23for insurance purposes.

08:25Wow, if you're a lucky owner of a brand new iPhone 12, or you've just updated your operating

08:31system to iOS 14, don't be afraid of that creepy green or orange dot that pops up in

08:38the upper right corner.

08:40Green dot shows you're using your camera, and orange indicates you're using the microphone.

08:46Let's say you have TikTok in the background that might passively use both camera and mic.

08:51These dots will show it.

08:53It can help control the battery life.

08:55To make your iPhone louder, go to Settings, Music, and find the equalizer.

09:01It's called EQ in the menu.

09:04Late night option will make your phone about 20% louder than it used to be.

09:09You can also create a unique vibration for any of your contacts.

09:13Go to Settings, Sounds, and open the ringtone settings.

09:18You usually have the default vibration, but if you scroll down a bit, you're gonna see

09:22the Custom section.

09:24Tap any rhythm you like and save it.

09:27You can set it for any of your contacts.

09:30If customized vibration isn't enough, and you still miss your granny's calls, try to

09:35customize the flash.

09:37Turn it on as an extra notification for incoming calls.

09:41Go to General settings, choose the Accessibility section, and head to Hearing.

09:46Turn on the LED flash for alerts.

09:49You're never gonna miss that call again.

09:53If you press the space button and start sliding, you'll have a cursor.

09:57It can be handy if you want to find a typo or correct some word in the notes or whatever

10:02text you're dealing with.

10:04If you typed a very long message, but it turns out you need to get rid of it, you can literally

10:10shake it off.

10:12Just shake the phone to undo the typing.

10:15Whenever you need to choose more than one icon, tap and hold only one and, with the

10:20second finger, add all the other icons you need.

10:24This one's not gonna work if you have an iPhone 6 or older.

10:27The newest iPhones have a super convenient feature that is helpful when you need to go

10:32from one application to another.

10:34Look at that line at the bottom of the screen.

10:37Slide left or right and find the app you need.

10:40No more double-tapping and notification center.

10:44If you like falling asleep to your favorite music or to another YouTube video, just like

10:49I do, go to Clock, tap the timer, and select the When the Time Ends section.

10:55Scroll down until you see the Stop Playing button.

10:59This feature shuts down all the media apps, such as music, any windows that play sounds

11:04or video, and even the YouTube app.

11:07Pretty handy if you ever woke up at 3am in the middle of some random video that was auto-played.

11:12Yeah.

11:13We're all used to messengers, but iMessages are fun!

11:18Press the Send button to add different wow effects to your message.

11:22The Bubble section has four features.

11:25Invisible ink makes it impossible to read the message unless you wipe it with a finger.

11:30Slide the finger from right to left and back to kinda clear it.

11:34With the General effect, the letters seem really tiny at the start, but then they grow

11:39larger.

11:40The Loud effect, vice versa, makes them pop at the start so they appear way larger, but

11:45the size goes back to normal in a few seconds.

11:49The Slam effect speaks for itself.

11:51The message literally slams the screen.

11:54Tap the right button called the Screen effects.

11:57It's fun too!

11:58For example, it has echo effects, so your friend's screen's gonna be overwhelmed

12:03with echoing texts.

12:05Slide right for a lot more different effects.

12:08There's definitely one for touching text you're about to send.

12:11The iPhone font has different sizes as well.

12:14To make it bigger or smaller, go to the Display and Brightness section in the Settings.

12:19Tap the text size and adjust it the way you like.

12:23You can take a selfie not only with the volume button on your phone, but simply by hitting

12:28that button on your headphones.

12:31This hack is for iPhone users, but many Androids can use it too.

12:35And that it usually works with original headphones.

12:39iPhones may not have the most durable batteries, but they beat everyone when it comes to photo

12:44quality.

12:45Turn on the grid in the Camera settings.

12:48Go to General, choose Camera to enable the grid.

12:53It can help you make better compositions in the photo.

12:56If you like typing with one hand, it's probably high time you set the right keyboard.

13:02While typing, hold the globe button.

13:04Three keyboards will appear.

13:06The one on the left is used whenever you type holding your phone in the left hand.

13:10The one in the middle is for both hands, and the one on the right is for typing with the

13:15right hand only.

13:17If you like writing long, romantic letters in your notes, but don't want anyone to

13:21read them, set a pass to any of your notes.

13:25There are two ways to do that, depending on your iPhone model.

13:28For iPhone 6, you gotta slide from right to left and see three icons – Lock, Folder,

13:34and Bin.

13:36Use the Bin if the romantic letter is bad, and the Lock to protect it from peaky eyes.

13:42Set the Pass, but make sure you actually remember it – you can't delete it.

13:47If this didn't work, just tap and hold the note itself, and you'll see the password

13:51bar in the drop-down menu.

13:53Set the Pass, and nobody's gonna know about the romantic letters to Jane you're writing

13:58at night.

14:00Newest models of iPhones support the coolest feature ever.

14:03Now you can make a screenshot of the whole browser page in one file.

14:07To do this, press the Volume Up button plus the Power button.

14:17If you need to find some special word combination while you're reading an online article,

14:22go to the search bar and type the word you're interested in.

14:26You're gonna see three sections – Google Search, Bookmarks & History, and On This Page.

14:32Tap the last one.

14:33The word you need's gonna be highlighted in yellow.

14:36Plus, there'll be a special navigation bar on the bottom with the arrows up and down

14:41to look for the keyword easily.

14:43Don't forget to refresh your iPhone's RAM every now and again.

14:47It can help your device work better and faster.

14:50To do that, you gotta drill down deep.

14:52Go to Setting, General, Accessibility, Assistive Touch, and turn it on.

14:59Press Plus, then Minus, and then the Power button.

15:02You'll see the Power Off bar.

15:05Press the Assistive Touch and hold the Home button.

15:08The RAM's refreshed now.

15:10If you see the Enter Pass notification after you did it, it means you did it all right.

15:17Assistive Touch can also help you set new functions to simple tabs.

15:21Go to Settings, General, Accessibility, and in the Assistive Touch section, you can change

15:27any commands in the Custom Actions menu.

15:30For a double-tap, I chose the Screenshot since a combination of Home plus Power button seems

15:36a bit inconvenient.

15:38To make a screenshot, tap the Accessibility menu circle twice.

15:43People with iPhones don't need a separate app for QR readers since all the iPhones have

15:48them built-in.

15:49Turn on the camera and point it to the code.

15:52You'll see the pop-up window on the top of the screen.

15:55Tap the window, and you'll go straight to whatever link the QR code had.

15:59If it doesn't work, enable the Scan QR Codes function in the camera settings.

16:07You can actually set any song you like for the alarm clock.

16:10Go to the alarm and press Edit in the right upper corner.

16:14Tap the time you want to change the melody for.

16:17In the Sound section, choose Pick a song and go for any song added to your library.

16:23Disclaimer, your best-loved song will probably turn into your worst enemy after a couple

16:28of mornings you use it as an alarm.

16:31One of the most hated problems of all iPhone users is when you run out of memory.

16:36Even if you delete the photos, there's still not enough space.

16:40Go to Settings, iPhone Storage, and make sure that recently deleted photos are actually

16:46deleted.

16:47If not, delete them in the Storage sections.

16:50Note that your messages can contain heavy files, so you can restrict how long the message

16:55can be stored.

16:57In the Message History, tap the Keep Messages button.

17:00It's forever by default, but you can keep them for 1 year or even only 30 days.

17:07If you deal with many documents to be signed, this hack can help you sign them without even

17:12printing and scanning.

17:13Take a screenshot of the document you want to sign, then tap the screenshot to make changes.

17:19Tap the plus button in the right lower corner.

17:22Choose the Signature button in the toolbar, and here we go!

17:26Sign the document with your finger, and save the changes by pressing the button marked

17:30Done.

17:32And so are we!

17:35You check into your hotel room, connect to Wi-Fi, jump on the bed, and post 15 photos

17:40of your new window view.

17:43When the initial surge of excitement is gone, you notice a suspicious blinking light on

17:47your big TV.

17:49Could it be that someone is watching you?

17:51Or have you just seen too many spy movies?

17:54Well, hidden cameras come in all shapes and sizes.

17:58Large ones are easy to spot, but the small ones can be really sneaky and inconspicuous.

18:04They can be hiding behind furniture, in decorations, or vents, and anywhere else you'll have

18:09trouble noticing.

18:11There are even special cameras that can be hidden in everyday movable objects, like alarm

18:16clocks, picture frames, vases, and lamps.

18:20Check to see if these objects are facing at a strange angle, or if they're positioned

18:25to get the best view of your room or bathroom.

18:29The easiest way to spot a hidden cam is to look for the lens reflection, because all

18:34cameras come with lenses.

18:36Turn off the lights and slowly scan the room with a flashlight, laser pointer, or a special

18:42wireless spy cam detector.

18:44It comes with infrared scanning lights and one illuminating light.

18:48When you find a reflective red spot, you gotta turn on the flashlight to help check if there

18:53is a hidden camera.

18:55Definitely check the vents along with any other holes and gaps in the walls or ceiling.

19:00Some advanced detectors even show you what the camera is seeing, making it way easier

19:05to spot and disable.

19:07The detectors only work on cameras that are turned on and working normally though.

19:15Your mobile phone can also help you find some hidden threats.

19:19Turn on Bluetooth and walk around, see if any unknown devices pop up on the screen.

19:25Another idea is to install a network scanner app that shows all devices that are connected

19:30to the Wi-Fi network you're using at the hotel.

19:33When it's done scanning, study the list for devices called something like IP camera or cam.

19:41Plus you can put your phone on selfie mode, turn off the light and close the curtains

19:46and look around the room slowly while focusing on the screen.

19:50Keep an eye out for purple or white lights on the screen.

19:55You can play detective some more and call your friend or family member and start walking

20:00around your room.

20:02Some cameras should emit a sort of radio frequency.

20:06It will most likely interfere with your phone call signal.

20:10If you start hearing any weird noises while you're on the phone in a certain area of

20:14your room, make sure to inspect it carefully.

20:17That's it for today!

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