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Man's iPad stolen, mysterious photos appear in iCloud
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| Phillip Mena
Posted on 01/18/2015 10:43:52 AM PST by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog
They will be attending Harvard next Fall. Entry based on obama legacy, of course...
To: Bob
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posted on
01/18/2015 12:03:38 PM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: SunkenCiv
Isnt there a GPS method of tracking lost and stolen stuff of this kind? Yes. A couple of years ago my iPad was stolen while I was shopping at a store. Had stupidly set it down for a while, and it disappeared. It was password protected so others couldn't use it. Soon after when I had access to the Internet I used "Find my iPhone" to locate it, and the service showed it moving around the city and settling down at a hotel. I sent messages to it telling the users to return it (messages appear on the otherwise locked screen with a tone sound). Advised the police with this information in my police report. Then fearing for my personal data, I issued remote commands to wipe all my data. Note that you lose the GPS tracking when remotely wiping data (I had given up on getting it back). It must have spooked the thieves, because the iPad was dropped off at the Lost & Found at the local transit department (although a couple weeks transpired). When you do a wipe, the message appearing on the screen is to connect to iTunes. That possibly scared the thieves. When I connected, iTunes did a full restore of my data.
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posted on
01/18/2015 12:03:38 PM PST
by
roadcat
To: smokingfrog
Obviously the two "little lads" just cashed their payroll checks after a long, hard week at work.
Figure I don't need the big sarcasm tag after that statement.
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posted on
01/18/2015 12:10:21 PM PST
by
The Cajun
(Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
To: smokingfrog
So, open the EXIF of the photos and get the gps coordinates, then call the cops.
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posted on
01/18/2015 12:26:12 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: smokingfrog
Thanks for the new target.
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posted on
01/18/2015 12:54:13 PM PST
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
01/18/2015 1:11:51 PM PST
by
grimalkin
(We are a nation under God. If we ever forget this, we are a nation gone under. -Ronald Reagan)
To: smokingfrog
The pictures were of two men holding large amounts of cash. I see three men.
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posted on
01/18/2015 1:22:24 PM PST
by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: smokingfrog
And don’t keep your “iPad, laptop, checkbooks and cash” in your truck. Yipes!
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posted on
01/18/2015 1:25:31 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
To: Vendome
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posted on
01/18/2015 2:12:40 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Dubh_Ghlase
Yes, absolutely but the police warn you that going to the house a demanding your iPad back can be dangerous,
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posted on
01/18/2015 2:16:57 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: Dubh_Ghlase
Isnt there a find my phone app for the iPhone and iPad? If so, they should be able to track this to where it currently resides. Of course. Apple invented the concept. . . and integrated it in their iPhones, iPads, and IMacs operating systems, not as an app. . . before Android was released.
However it is apparent this guy did not turn on his basic password protections, much less take advantage of more sophisticated security. Had he done so, the ipad could have been remotely bricked so it could not even be restored by anyone except it official owner. He chose instead NOT to be inconvenienced by having to input a passcode. That was stupid. Without that passcode, he left his ipad vulnerable to any thief to access anything including turning off such things as "FindMyIPhone", Remote Bricking, etc.
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posted on
01/18/2015 2:30:40 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
To: smokingfrog; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; ...
Guy has his iPad stolen, but does NOT have a passcode set, then is surprised when "mysterious" photos appear in his iCloud account of guys showing wads of cash. Object lesson: SET YOUR PASSWORD and turn on FindMyiPhone or FindMyiPad so you can remotely lock your iDevice if it gets lost or stolen. This guy ignored those basic security steps, opting for convenience, instead of security and any hope of getting his iPad back! PING!
Apple Stupid User Choice Ping!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
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posted on
01/18/2015 2:38:26 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Is a stereotype a stereotype when one keeps seeing pics like that over and over and over? It's when you can see what clearly true, right before your own eyes, in 3D,. . . IN STEREO!
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posted on
01/18/2015 2:40:49 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
01/18/2015 2:44:51 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
To: SunkenCiv
Isnt there a GPS method of tracking lost and stolen stuff of this kind? Yes, if the iPad's owner had not been so stupid that he had neglected to put in a passcode. By not putting in a passcode, a smart thief merely starts the iDevice, opens Settings, and turns OFF anything like "FindMyiPhone" etc. Oops. Now the owner can't track it! Nor can he lock it or erase his data! Stupid owner tricks.
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posted on
01/18/2015 2:45:37 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
To: smokingfrog
I have mine setup that way, one night I left it in a van at work. I knew where it was, so I checked on it several times that night, and the find my phone app worked great. It gave me the correct address, but as a side note, I believe, unless the devise has the 4G chipset it won't have the GPS chips in it.
It would have to connect to a wifi first to find it. I Mac mini works that way.
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posted on
01/18/2015 3:19:04 PM PST
by
amigatec
(The only change you will see in the next four years will be what's in your pocket.)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
All stereotypes exist because the attribute referenced has been observed in a significant fraction of an observed population. The stereotype may spread beyond the locality where the attribute was observed and be unfairly applied to another similar population.
For example, every couple of weeks for a couple of hours I become a "person of Wal-Mart". I have never observed at first hand anyone resembling the famous "People of Wal-Mart", even in a mirror :)
Yet that stereotype, and evidence in the form of photos of the observed attributes, exists.
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posted on
01/18/2015 3:27:56 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(The enemy's gate is down....and to the left.)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
01/18/2015 3:32:02 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
To: smokingfrog
The one on the left favors 0bama... the other, Holder.
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posted on
01/18/2015 5:05:51 PM PST
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
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