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Turning 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
by cesarb 7y ago
Turning 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.