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Bug Sends Lost-Phone Seekers To Same Wrong Address

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @04:45AM from the geo-magnetic-personality dept.

netbuzz writes "A mysterious GPS-tracking glitch has brought a parade of lost-phone seekers — and police officers — to the front door of a single beleaguered homeowner in Las Vegas. Each of the unexpected visitors – Sprint customers all — has arrived absolutely convinced that the man has their phone. Not so, police confirm. The same thing happened in New Orleans in 2011 and Sprint got sued. Says the Las Vegas man: 'It's very difficult to say, 'I don't have your phone,' in any other way other than, 'I don't have your phone.''"

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We need more guns by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-15 04:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

If everybody had a gun, this would not be a problem. ;)
Re:Ill Advised by stenvar · 2013-01-15 07:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Don't worry... gun control will fix that. It will let you stalk people who supposedly have your phone in complete safety and confidence!
Re:Ill Advised by fermion · 2013-01-15 08:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

As opposed to the current situation where you are free to murder the stupid teen that comes to your house out of fear that his parents might find out he lost his phone. Yeah, any escuse to kill.

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Re:Ill Advised by stenvar · 2013-01-15 08:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Well, obviously the law needs to protect stupid, aggressive, trespassing teens more than law abiding homeowners who get attacked by hooligans!