To Catch an iPhone Thief

John Funk

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To Catch an iPhone Thief



What do you do when someone steals your iPhone? You track them down at all costs.

We've seen some very interesting stories lately of this story [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/97245-Theft-Thwarted-by-PlayStation-Eye-PSP-Connection] might take the cake in terms of sheer effort.

When an unsuspecting traveler flew into Los Angeles from Cabo San Lucas, he didn't expect to suddenly find his iPhone 3Gs - you know, the Apple device that doesn't sound like a feminine product - missing from his pocket. Thanks to the phone's GPS, though, he was able to track it down to a location, figuring that it had fallen into his seatmate's open bag.

But nope. Having soon realized that the phone had been stolen and would likely soon be jailbroken and sold on a site like eBay, our hero stepped into action. The phone was a homing device, after all, and all the myriad of applications and sites on the Web designed to interface with the iPhone - like Apple's Mobile Me [http://www.apple.com/mobileme/] - aided the internet in helping to keep track of the phone and the thief.

Law enforcement couldn't do anything, said the writer, which left only one option: Time to use the internet and Google to track this motherf*cker down. "By stealing my phone, 'Pinche' gave me the moral greenlight to stalk the sh*t out of him and take away any sense of privacy he has for the rest of his life ... my only option was to keep f*cking with this guy until he returns my iPhone."

"I wanted him to know, I know where he is, I know who his family members are, I know where he lives, I know who his roommates are, I know who his roommates cousins are, I know what his sister drives, I know where he eats, I know his name, I know his age, his mothers age... anything and everything to prove to this Pinche that he is holding Satan's cell phone."

Like I said - talk about sheer effort made in getting your phone back.

Does the story have a happy ending? Well, you'll have to read the whole thing [http://iphonetheif.blogspot.com/2010/01/iphone-theif-bust.html] to find out, but it is one hell of an epic story of vengeance, obsession, and why you should really think before you steal a smartphone with a homing device inside of it.

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Katherine Kerensky

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This sounds interesting... but you don't tell us the ending D:
Now I'll have to wade through whatever is on the other end of that link to find out...
Well, at least it will be interesting.
 

Hurr Durr Derp

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That's awesome.

Also kind of creepy how far some people are willing to go over a friggin' phone, but still awesome.
 

Rusman

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The fact that he like to find out information on random people through Google scares me a little bit. Cool story though.
 

SilverHammerMan

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I just read the full article. I am now paranoid about my information security and in awe of the awesomeness of this Sam fellow who wrote the article. I lolled while reading this, it's frigging hilarious. Bet that thief crapped himself when the author called. Best link this site had ever given.
 

Smudge91

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All i can think of is that he must have really loved his phone or he is slightly obssessive. But hey kudos to him anywho.
 

DeadlyYellow

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hURR dURR dERP said:
That's awesome.

Also kind of creepy how far some people are willing to go over a friggin' phone, but still awesome.
It seems more a matter of principle.
 

NLS

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Done some similar things in the past, but not so extreme, and not over a phone.
 

Elurindel

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Just went through the whole thing. I'd take my hat off to him, if I had one. Instead, I salute him for getting one over on a stupid thief.
 

Vigilantis

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Domg new age batman, you took his Iphone away from him...you will pay.

He is vengeance, he is the night, he is...BATMAN!
 

GrinningManiac

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I wanna be just like this guy when I'm older

THAT is the way you do it!

POST-READING

That was epic

Though it terrifies me that all he spent was $10 on a private search thing, and not much else, and he managed to find ALL that information

I should be afraid and paranoid, but I feel...empowered...and malicious...
 

Trotgar

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Like Hubilub said, this guy should be given a (space) cookie.

I read the story and it's so awesome.