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‘Find My iPhone’ foils pickpocket who swiped 100 devices: police

You might think that a pickpocket skilled enough to steal 100 cellphones, pictured above, would also be savvy enough to know that at least the iPhones in that haul carry a means to foil his caper.

Then again, you might be giving the crook too much credit.

From a story on the website of a Boston television station:

A New York man was arrested at the Coachella music festival in Southern California after he was found with more than 100 stolen cellphones, according to Indio police.

During the concert festival on Friday, several people noticed their phones were missing and immediately activated the “Find My Phone” feature on their mobile devices.

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Thames Valley Police issue warning after Wonga data breach – MKFM


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Thames Valley Police issue warning after Wonga data breach
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Thames Valley Police have issued a warning to current and former Wonga customers that their data may have been subject to a hack. In a statement on the lender's website, they say they are urgently working to establish further details and contact those

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tinyCam Monitor gets updated to version 8.0 with Android O support and MP4 cloud recording – Android Police


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tinyCam Monitor gets updated to version 8.0 with Android O support and MP4 cloud recording
Android Police
Most notable among the new changes are support for Android O (that was fast) and MP4 cloud recording, which allows users to automatically sync their security footage to an online backup service like OneDrive or Dropbox. If you're concerned this might

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Android O feature spotlight: Android tells you if an app is displaying a screen overlay – Android Police


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Android O feature spotlight: Android tells you if an app is displaying a screen overlay
Android Police
Being able to run apps that draw on top of other apps is a powerful feature of Android. Apps like Twilight take advantage of that to add a filter to the display, but other apps just show a floating UI element. However, this can also be a security

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