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Richmond homeowner says 'Find My iPhone' app mistake causing angry residents to come to his house (Texas)
abc13.com ^ | April 4, 2023 | Brooke Taylor

Posted on 04/05/2023 12:43:14 PM PDT by lowbridge

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To: Openurmind
Reminds me of Pokemon GO. Folks were kicking in private property to capture a Pokemon. The app was throwing Pokemon into private properties because the app design was flawed.

We had that happen to us. Apparently there were Pokémon all over our property. Called the cops on a suspicious group of kids trespassing up near our garage. Several other neighbors said they were cruising by and getting in and out of their car. We thought maybe they were casing places.

Cops finally caught up with them. They were playing Pokémon Go. The cops told them about trespassing and being respectful of property. The kids were very apologetic.

There was also a family who sued an internet mapping company because the company managed to place over 600 million IP addresses at their family home in Kansas. Law Enforcement agencies showing up at all hours of the day for year.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/09/maxmind-mapping-lawsuit-kansas-farm-ip-address

21 posted on 04/05/2023 1:57:58 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: lowbridge
We had a similar issue, with Apple direction, gps or whatever.

Would direct people to our steel fabrication plant, instead of the local drive in.

Just funny.

This guy's situation is scary.

22 posted on 04/05/2023 2:03:09 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: lowbridge

Sounds like a klepto to me.


23 posted on 04/05/2023 3:06:57 PM PDT by BobL
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To: moovova

I’d print that out and post it right next to my “Trespassers Will Be Experimented on” sign

;’}


24 posted on 04/05/2023 3:10:16 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: lowbridge

He definitely needs to sue Apple. This could spark violence.


25 posted on 04/05/2023 3:11:04 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: IYAS9YAS

Similar happened on our property. Some even kicked in the doors on our outbuildings to catch the Poke inside.

“Cops finally caught up with them. They were playing Pokémon Go. The cops told them about trespassing and being respectful of property. The kids were very apologetic.”

Because the whole legal concept of “Private Property” is not taught anymore. And it is actually now denied as a viable legal concept, the new concept is “everything is public property in common”.

Socialist/Communist ideology being perpetuated with intent to change perception.


26 posted on 04/05/2023 3:48:52 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: lowbridge

I have some friends who had their Condo door destroyed by the local fire department while they were at work because Life Alert got an alert from one of their users for whom they apparently had the wrong address. Not even in the same town.


27 posted on 04/05/2023 4:22:58 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Openurmind

Don’t forget about them walking off of cliffs too...


28 posted on 04/05/2023 5:55:24 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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Yep...


29 posted on 04/05/2023 5:56:25 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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