How to keep your iPod thug-proof

What’s wrong with this picture? Actually, nothing (if you forget the fact it’s a little dark). Though my iPod, as pictured here, is missing its iconic white earbuds and thus, some of its design panache, it’s got something much better: an anti-theft device consisting of an old, cheap pair of headphones from a Sony Walkman. I went rummaging through my box of old headphones last night after reading that iPods are behind a recent surge in crime on New York’s subways.