Tracking Thieves With 'Find my iPhone' 424
An anonymous reader wrote in to say "A friend of mine who just got an iPhone 3GS and has Mobile Me just used the "Find my iPhone" feature to track down his lost and subsequently stolen iPhone. This story involves three nerds wandering sketchy streets with a MacBook, and ends with a confrontation at a bus stop."
Re:Single Best Story I have read on Slashdot (Score:3, Informative)
ymmv though.
Re:Please Drop the Us V Them Mentality (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Single Best Story I have read on Slashdot (Score:2, Informative)
Just so the G1 doesn't feel left out, this is very possible and free on an Android phone. With Latitude enabled on the phone it is simply a matter of signing into iGoogle and checking your Latitude location.
Re:Please Drop the Us V Them Mentality (Score:5, Informative)
First, I was being self-deprecating, since I felt like the opposite of a badass iPhone tracker as we walked up and down this block.
Second, ethnicity is completely relevant to the story in that we were out of our element and quite visible prowling up and down the street with our laptop. The stares of the local residents confirmed this.
Third, other than the self-deprecation, I don't believe I said a single negative thing about anyone's race.
Re:This is awesome. (Score:4, Informative)
Lifting from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost,_mislaid,_and_abandoned_property [wikipedia.org] , which is quoting Michael v. First Chicago Corp., 139 Ill. App. 3d 374, 382, 487 N.E.2d 403, 409 (1985):
A finder of property acquires no rights in mislaid property, is entitled to possession of lost property against everyone except the true owner, and is entitled to keep abandoned property
This is likely a clear cut case of mislaid property.
Re:LoJack for your iPhone? (Score:5, Informative)
It's this mentality of urban fear that shows how screwed up US cities really are.
Perhaps they just aren't as naive as you. Here's [crimebaltimore.com] a neat map showing crime reported in Baltimore over the last 11 days. You'll notice all the fists and cross hair icons. Those are assaults and shootings. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean that cities aren't overrun with dangerous thugs. The ghetto is a dangerous place.
Re:Please Drop the Us V Them Mentality (Score:1, Informative)
Re:LoJack for your iPhone? (Score:3, Informative)
The default view is for the past 2 months, not 11 days.
The default view is for the last 300 records, which only covers the last 11 days.
Re:LoJack for your iPhone? (Score:3, Informative)
I stand corrected.
Re:This is awesome. (Score:2, Informative)
From same wiki page, ...Under common law principles, the finder of a misplaced object has a duty to turn it over to the owner of the premises...
Mislaid property
If the true owner does not return within a reasonable time ... the property becomes that of the owner of the premises.