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Police Arrest Man Identified By Photo Security App on iPhone
www.nbcnewyork.com ^ | Oct 8, 2011

Posted on 10/08/2011 2:01:27 PM PDT by lowbridge

The phone was stolen Monday when the suspect bumped into a 31-year-old woman walking on Liberty Avenue in South Richmond Hill. Police say the suspect reached into her front pocket and pulled out the black iPhone 4 phone.

The victim later remembered she downloaded a security application called iGotYa, which takes a photo whenever someone enters the wrong passcode on the locked screen.

The suspect's photo was emailed to the woman

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnewyork.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: iphone; sourcetitlenoturl
Photo of thief at link.

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Queens mom Erum Malik grateful for iGotYa app after iPhone is stolen

1 posted on 10/08/2011 2:01:34 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

I have “Find My iphone” so if it’s lost or stolen, my brother can track where it is.

Already had to use it once when I left it in a shopping cart in the parking lot.


2 posted on 10/08/2011 2:06:25 PM PDT by eaglestar
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To: lowbridge

He didn’t “steal” the phone, he was just “redistributing” it. She’s already owned two phones and needs to pay her fair share and not be greedy.


3 posted on 10/08/2011 2:09:56 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Mark Halperin - Learned the hard way what happens when you speak the truth on PMSNBC.)
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To: eaglestar

Best agument for prohibiting some phone companies from crippling their phones and preventing useful apps.


4 posted on 10/08/2011 2:14:37 PM PDT by Publius6961 (My world was lovely, until it was taken over by parasites.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Good thing they have his photo. Otherwise the police would have to describe the thief by his height and approximate age, but without mentioning his race.


5 posted on 10/08/2011 2:48:52 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
The iGotYa app is accessible only on "jailbroken" iPhones, which allow users to download apps not approved by phone manufacturer Apple. Users download such apps at their own risk.

Exactly why I use a Android based phone and tablet.

6 posted on 10/08/2011 2:56:40 PM PDT by M. Dodge Thomas
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To: lowbridge

Ha! Ha! Looks like he actually posed for the photo.


7 posted on 10/08/2011 3:10:17 PM PDT by Krankor
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To: Verginius Rufus

Well like my cousin Arty who is a NYPD cop says; “There is no need to mention race.”


8 posted on 10/08/2011 3:30:18 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Mark Halperin - Learned the hard way what happens when you speak the truth on PMSNBC.)
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To: lowbridge

Iphone’s camera faces the user?


9 posted on 10/08/2011 3:34:45 PM PDT by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
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To: grobdriver

I Phone 4 has two front and rear.


10 posted on 10/08/2011 4:42:21 PM PDT by Claytonbridge
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To: grobdriver

Yes, camera is on both front and back.


11 posted on 10/08/2011 4:43:47 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (“You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.” – Abraham Lincoln)
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