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Victim uses app to recover stolen iPhone

Original post made on Aug 14, 2010

In the ongoing struggle between crime and crime-fighting technology, one man claimed victory this week after his iPhone was snatched in San Mateo and then tracked to the suspected thief's home in Redwood City.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, August 14, 2010, 4:21 PM

Comments

Posted by Big Al
a resident of another community
on Aug 14, 2010 at 5:53 pm

This calls for a rather childish saying:

(to the thief)

"what a burn, what a cut, stick your finger up your...."

Good work guys!
Book 'em Dano!


Posted by Steve
a resident of another community
on Aug 14, 2010 at 7:31 pm

Was the app Google Latitude?


Posted by Jail Break
a resident of another community
on Aug 14, 2010 at 8:00 pm

Apple doesn't allow Google Latitude on the iPhone. In reports I read, it was Apple's paid service, MobileMe, which lead to the recovery.

If you jailbreak the iPhone, you can purchase an app, Longitude, which will update Latitude every 15 minutes.

There is, however, a better solution "iLocalis" (also require jailbreaking) which not only updates Google Latitude, but also offers many of the features offered by MobileMe at a fraction of the annual cost.