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I have one with a GSM radio in it. I leave it in my bag so when someone decides to steal it and the use it I can find my stuff.
by sschueller 7y ago
I have one with a GSM radio in it. I leave it in my bag so when someone decides to steal it and the use it I can find my stuff.
- solarhoma 7y agoI have never heard of one of these. Link to where I can buy one for my laptop?
- sschueller 7y agohttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000221646126.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000221646126.html I leave it in my other bag. Phone and laptop I can recover directly.
- balls187 7y agoHave you been successful in recovering your stolen items?
- sschueller 7y agoNot yet...
- balls187 7y agoI wonder if it's a perception thing--since you are hyper aware to the point you have a specialized USB cable-lojack, you are far less likely to be a victim of theft. Similar to how self-defense training doesn't necessarily make you a skilled fighter, but instead trains you to be more aware of your situations, and there for reduce the likelihood you will need to defend yourself.
- radicaldreamer 7y agoIt might lead you to the original person who stole your bag, but it likely won't help you recover your devices because those are very quickly forwarded onto organized crime networks which take stolen phones, reset and refurbish them, and sell them overseas or via used goods channels.
- snazz 7y agoHow effective is this type of crime system with Activation Lock-secured iPhones? You can't just wipe an iPhone from DFU mode and then set it up normally without the owner's Apple ID information. Do they try to sell to people who they know won't check if the device has Activation Lock and then disappear when the buyer discovers it doesn't work?
- mcny 7y agoWorst case, you can still use it as a bag of spare parts maybe?
- asdff 7y agoOr sell the dud locked phone to some sap on ebay then disappear off the face of the earth a couple hundred bucks richer, as is done.
- XMPPwocky 7y agoVery common to then aggressively try to phish the user's iCloud credentials and remove the activation lock; third-party vendors offer this sort of service, and they're very convincing.
- rahimnathwani 7y agoThere are very convincing phishing attacks used to get the original owner to reveal their Apple password: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/03/if-your-iphone-is-stolen-these-guys-may-try-to-iphish-you/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/03/if-your-iphone-is-stolen... I know someone who fell for this. Even though they were skeptical when they received the message, they thought there was a chance it was legit, and therefore gave them some change to recover their stolen phone. I guess they had nothing to lose, as the chance of recovering the phone was ~zero anyway.
- sneak 7y agoKrebs really needs to stop publishing people’s PII.