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Man's iPad stolen, mysterious photos appear in iCloud
click2houston ^ | 1-16-15 | Phillip Mena

Posted on 01/18/2015 10:43:52 AM PST by smokingfrog

HOUSTON -

A River Oaks man says mysterious photos have begun appearing on his iCloud account, a week after his iPad and other items went missing from his truck.

Randy Schaefer said he awoke Jan. 8 to find his iPad, laptop, checkbooks and cash gone.

He immediately filed a police report but had little else to go on. Then, Jan. 16, while looking at old photos on his phone with his girlfriend, Randy said about a dozen pictures of two men he'd never seen before appeared in his iCloud folder.

he pictures were of two men holding large amounts of cash. Although police have yet to identify anyone as suspects in Schaefer's case, that hasn't stopped him from trying to figure out the identity of the men. He posted the pictures on social media Friday.

"At that point, somebody suggested I post it on Facebook and that led to Reddit," Schaefer said.

He says clues in the photos led him to believe the selfies were taken at a Burger King on Montrose and Westheimer. Schaefer also said one of his missing checkbooks had been found in an alley behind a nearby Starbucks where he had, in the past, connected his iPad to the store's Wi-Fi connection.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Technical; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: burgerking; burgerkingballin; gps; ipad; montrose; password; randyschaefer; riveroaks; starbucks; texas; westheimer
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To: smokingfrog

They will be attending Harvard next Fall. Entry based on obama legacy, of course...


21 posted on 01/18/2015 11:44:31 AM PST by BreezyDog
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To: Bob

Bingo!


22 posted on 01/18/2015 12:03:38 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SunkenCiv
Isn’t there a GPS method of tracking lost and stolen stuff of this kind?

Yes. A couple of years ago my iPad was stolen while I was shopping at a store. Had stupidly set it down for a while, and it disappeared. It was password protected so others couldn't use it. Soon after when I had access to the Internet I used "Find my iPhone" to locate it, and the service showed it moving around the city and settling down at a hotel. I sent messages to it telling the users to return it (messages appear on the otherwise locked screen with a tone sound). Advised the police with this information in my police report. Then fearing for my personal data, I issued remote commands to wipe all my data. Note that you lose the GPS tracking when remotely wiping data (I had given up on getting it back). It must have spooked the thieves, because the iPad was dropped off at the Lost & Found at the local transit department (although a couple weeks transpired). When you do a wipe, the message appearing on the screen is to connect to iTunes. That possibly scared the thieves. When I connected, iTunes did a full restore of my data.

23 posted on 01/18/2015 12:03:38 PM PST by roadcat
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To: smokingfrog
Obviously the two "little lads" just cashed their payroll checks after a long, hard week at work.

Figure I don't need the big sarcasm tag after that statement.

24 posted on 01/18/2015 12:10:21 PM PST by The Cajun (Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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To: smokingfrog

So, open the EXIF of the photos and get the gps coordinates, then call the cops.


25 posted on 01/18/2015 12:26:12 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: smokingfrog

Thanks for the new target.


26 posted on 01/18/2015 12:54:13 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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To: smokingfrog

Gross.


27 posted on 01/18/2015 1:11:51 PM PST by grimalkin (We are a nation under God. If we ever forget this, we are a nation gone under. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: smokingfrog
The pictures were of two men holding large amounts of cash.

I see three men.


28 posted on 01/18/2015 1:22:24 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: smokingfrog

And don’t keep your “iPad, laptop, checkbooks and cash” in your truck. Yipes!


29 posted on 01/18/2015 1:25:31 PM PST by Bigg Red (Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
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To: Vendome

good idea


30 posted on 01/18/2015 2:12:40 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Dubh_Ghlase

Yes, absolutely but the police warn you that going to the house a demanding your iPad back can be dangerous,


31 posted on 01/18/2015 2:16:57 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Dubh_Ghlase
Isn’t there a “find my phone” app for the iPhone and iPad? If so, they should be able to track this to where it currently resides.

Of course. Apple invented the concept. . . and integrated it in their iPhones, iPads, and IMacs operating systems, not as an app. . . before Android was released.

However it is apparent this guy did not turn on his basic password protections, much less take advantage of more sophisticated security. Had he done so, the ipad could have been remotely bricked so it could not even be restored by anyone except it official owner. He chose instead NOT to be inconvenienced by having to input a passcode. That was stupid. Without that passcode, he left his ipad vulnerable to any thief to access anything including turning off such things as "FindMyIPhone", Remote Bricking, etc.

32 posted on 01/18/2015 2:30:40 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: smokingfrog; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; ...
Guy has his iPad stolen, but does NOT have a passcode set, then is surprised when "mysterious" photos appear in his iCloud account of guys showing wads of cash. Object lesson: SET YOUR PASSWORD and turn on FindMyiPhone or FindMyiPad so you can remotely lock your iDevice if it gets lost or stolen. This guy ignored those basic security steps, opting for convenience, instead of security and any hope of getting his iPad back! — PING!


Apple Stupid User Choice Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

33 posted on 01/18/2015 2:38:26 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Is a stereotype a stereotype when one keeps seeing pics like that over and over and over?

It's when you can see what clearly true, right before your own eyes, in 3D,. . . IN STEREO!

34 posted on 01/18/2015 2:40:49 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: smokingfrog

Figgers.


35 posted on 01/18/2015 2:44:51 PM PST by Lazamataz (With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
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To: SunkenCiv
Isn’t there a GPS method of tracking lost and stolen stuff of this kind?

Yes, if the iPad's owner had not been so stupid that he had neglected to put in a passcode. By not putting in a passcode, a smart thief merely starts the iDevice, opens Settings, and turns OFF anything like "FindMyiPhone" etc. Oops. Now the owner can't track it! Nor can he lock it or erase his data! Stupid owner tricks.

36 posted on 01/18/2015 2:45:37 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: smokingfrog
I have mine setup that way, one night I left it in a van at work. I knew where it was, so I checked on it several times that night, and the find my phone app worked great. It gave me the correct address, but as a side note, I believe, unless the devise has the 4G chipset it won't have the GPS chips in it.

It would have to connect to a wifi first to find it. I Mac mini works that way.

37 posted on 01/18/2015 3:19:04 PM PST by amigatec (The only change you will see in the next four years will be what's in your pocket.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
All stereotypes exist because the attribute referenced has been observed in a significant fraction of an observed population.

The stereotype may spread beyond the locality where the attribute was observed and be unfairly applied to another similar population.

For example, every couple of weeks for a couple of hours I become a "person of Wal-Mart". I have never observed at first hand anyone resembling the famous "People of Wal-Mart", even in a mirror :)

Yet that stereotype, and evidence in the form of photos of the observed attributes, exists.

38 posted on 01/18/2015 3:27:56 PM PST by ExGeeEye (The enemy's gate is down....and to the left.)
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To: smokingfrog

39 posted on 01/18/2015 3:32:02 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
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To: smokingfrog

The one on the left favors 0bama... the other, Holder.


40 posted on 01/18/2015 5:05:51 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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