This weekend nearly 200 Fords in Cardiff, UK were robbed of their stereos, more than four times the norm. According to police, the boosts in boosts was probably due to the spread of an urban legend that chips inside the stereos can be used to decode scrambled digital TV signals. Yesterday, police recovered 37 of the stereos, 21 radio face plates, and a laptop from a single car. From the BBC News:
Police confirmed the rumour but officers have spoken to Ford and the digibox manufacturers who said there was no link.
Ford told BBC News that components cannot be used in this way.
A spokesman said it was "pure myth" sparked by an off-the-cuff comment from someone within the motor industry.
