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Tracking a Move Via "Find My iPhone"

Posted by kdawson on from the unintended-consequences dept.

dmolnar writes "I recently helped my girlfriend move her stuff from Chicago, IL to Oakland, CA. The movers were scheduled to arrive at 8AM on the 5th of July, and we were stressing the day before about all the things that could go wrong with a move. We realized that if we knew where her stuff was, it'd make us feel better. This is a story about using the $99 iPhone to track the move ... and about a somewhat surprising potential use of Find My iPhone to track your friends' iPhones without them noticing."

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  1. Only if you have access to the hardware by sxeraverx · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    From TFA, the "hack" only works if you have physical access to the phone. Security always fails when you give someone physical access. Nothing to see here, move along.

  2. Re:Much cheaper... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My phone doesn't have a camera. It doesn't have internet. It doesn't have ringtones. It doesn't have GPS. It doesn't run programs.

    My phone makes phone calls, and I love it to death.

    If you love your non-smart phone so much, why feel the need to post in a thread on smart phones, if not to troll it?

    Just goes to show the mods don't understand the difference between 'insightful' and 'off topic', as slight as that minor difference might be...