>>...the company's fight against organized retail crime. He made a point to distinguish between "professional shoplifters" and disorganized solo thieves. The pr

>>...the company's fight against organized retail crime. He made a point to distinguish between "professional shoplifters" and disorganized solo thieves. The pros, he said, frequently are connected to a larger network that can, in some cases, function as a sophisticated "shadow business." OK, so they're fighting pros with bluetooth-enabling the tools at checkout. What could go wrong? The amateurs will certainly be foiled, while the pros will pay crackers to build a work-around. Meanwhile, the enabling device will become another point of failure in the product and will cause more warranty claims and dissatisfaction - and there's nothing quite as annoying as being in the middle of a job and having a tool breakdown, especially a newer one that is expected to work for years. Would also be likely that they'll have miscellaneous connection failures while trying to enable the tool at checkout, e.g., just from EM interference in random locations; that'll make for happy customers... Sure, it is a serious problem, but I'm not sure this is a good solution.