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Or turn it off. EDIT: Yes, that creates a data point that police could also search for — "give me all the phones in the vicinity that were turned off and then
by rosser 7y ago
Or turn it off.
EDIT: Yes, that creates a data point that police could also search for — "give me all the phones in the vicinity that were turned off and then back on surrounding the incident." Okay, how far away? That would be a massively larger search, geographically, wouldn't it? How far before and after is your window for turning off and back on events?
That's still an additional search. It's also probably got a far worse signal:noise ratio than proximity to the incident — assuming the robbers were dumb enough to have their phones on them (and on) in the first place.
- cesarb 7y agoTurning it off could leave a trace: "this phone was turned off 15 minutes before the robbery started, and was turned on 15 minutes after the robbery ended, both events in a location which is 15 minutes by car from the bank". Leaving it at home, without turning it off, leaves no such trace; it's consistent with "this phone's user simply stayed at home today".
- RandomBacon 7y ago"Let's check their car's infotainment data connection." "We got 'em!"
- coding123 7y agoYou gotta walk/take busses with masks and hats on. Change clothes in a tunnel.
- justinclift 7y agoMaybe a good thing that pre-infotainment cars exist? ;)
- celticninja 7y agoAnd public transport, bicycles, roller skates, stolen vehicles and feet.
- dahfizz 7y agoAnd after you've robbed the bank, you have huge duffel bags of cash and the cops are after you, you're gunna roller skate away?
- web007 7y agoOr perhaps just bike away. https://historythings.com/choir-boy-bandit-robbed-26-banks-98-2002-just-bicycle/ https://historythings.com/choir-boy-bandit-robbed-26-banks-9...
- paggle 7y agoGoogle could probably detect atypical usage patterns. If you’re always on your phone and suddenly there is no accelerometer delta then you’re likely not at home with your phone but somewhere away from it.
- smegger001 7y agoor it is charging
- stef25 7y agoIs it possible to auto answer a call? In that case you could call the phone and there would be proof not only that you were at home, but that you were having a conversation.
- dmix 7y agoBetter to use normal behaviour than unusual. Unless of course you turn your phone off often during x time of the robbery. But most people don't unless it runs out of battery and rarely when they are at home (people just plug it in when they are home). Not that this is useful in court but it could point detectives in your direction.
- rhacker 7y agoBetter to just have the kid play with it all night. And, of course, tell the wife (assuming she's in on it) to watch a lot of Jackie Chan movies on Netflix all night.