SA thief caught using Apple tech

[jes]

SA thief caught using Apple tech

A burglar who terrorised a small community has been caught thanks to Apple’s built-in location technology

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Bad headline.

But it's an interesting read though.

 

[Avenue]

Great story. And I think as tracking devices become cheaper and more common, we're going to see a lot more of this kind of thing happening.

 

[Refraction]

And they trusted apple maps....interesting.

 

[DJ...]

Ambiguous headlines ftl...

 

[paul5186]

Dont believe this! Apple maps would never find the criminal!

 

[Hemi300c]

This has happened before (not Apple specific) and the victims had a struggle to get SAPS to react.

 

[Gambit]

Dont believe this! Apple maps would never find the criminal!

Funny enough the browser based version of find my iPhone still uses Google maps.

 

[OGroteKoning]

This has happened before (not Apple specific) and the victims had a struggle to get SAPS to react.

SAPS do not understand smartphones (some pun in there somewhere - and intended).... they still use symbian

 

[Skerminkel]

Original story here:
http://www.dieburger.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vleesbaai-boewe-met-slim-tegnologie-gefnuik-20130108
(Two weeks ago)

 

[rpm]

Original story here:
http://www.dieburger.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vleesbaai-boewe-met-slim-tegnologie-gefnuik-20130108
(Two weeks ago)

Thanks for the link - we had no idea it was reported on before.

 

[elvis_presley]

Thanks for the link - we had no idea it was reported on before.

Well, it's in Afrikaans - that doesn't really count

 

[Nerfherder]

Great story. And I think as tracking devices become cheaper and more common, we're going to see a lot more of this kind of thing happening.

I have already heard a few stories like this. People just need to be a bit more proactive and cops need to be a bit more clued up on the technology.

The nice thing is that it might scare a lot of people off from focusing on these devices, might make them a bit scared of technology.

 

[Roadrunner]

Also had to use the tracking technology recently, when a client of mine's iPad got stolen from his car in Midstream Estates.

It was switched off immediately afterwards, but a month later it popped up on the grid right next to (or inside) the Kenyan High Commission in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. :wtf:

I immediately locked it down, so they are sitting with an expensive paperweight now.

 

[Khulie]

Wow!, thats epic, technology is sure changing our lives, stupid burglar devices like those do not take, i'm glad he was caught,

 

[cozinsky]

Funny enough the browser based version of find my iPhone still uses Google maps.

I was not aware of this. Interesting.

 

[Arthur]

What one really needs is a webcam pic of the perp.

The monitoring software I use (PC Monitor) can remotely take a screen and webcam snapshot for Windows PCs, Macs and Linux, but not yet for devices (Android, IOS or WP). Hopefully it's coming soon.

 

[purpleonlineadmin]

Love it! We need more of these tracking devices going as I'd love to catch a criminal red handed with my device in their hand. Love it!

 

[oronte]

Samsung have had the same technology available on all their high end phones since the Galaxy S2 (remote tracker), but let's pretend that Apple where the first to come up with this technology.

 

[rpm]

Also had to use the tracking technology recently, when a client of mine's iPad got stolen from his car in Midstream Estates. It was switched off immediately afterwards, but a month later it popped up on the grid right next to (or inside) the Kenyan High Commission in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. :wtf: I immediately locked it down, so they are sitting with an expensive paperweight now.

Now this is interesting. It would have been cool to see how it changed hand to arrive in Tanzania.