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Re: Stolen iPhone posts thief's pics on victim's Facebook account
From: "Dr. Neal Krawetz" <hf () hackerfactor com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 11:34:18 -0600
Too bad Facebook strips out GPS information. This is pretty damning evidence implying theft by a cruise employee. -Neal -- Neal Krawetz, Ph.D. Hacker Factor Solutions http://www.hackerfactor.com/ On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:00:50AM -0700, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
K goes on a Disney cruise. Somebody on staff on the cruise line steals K's phone. And takes pictures. The iPhone automatically posts pictures on K's Facebook account. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4102695045342.2181863.1221948597&type=3&l=45551c466f or http://is.gd/xxkPob (There is a rather heavy irony in the fact that, in order to get these somewhat delicious "turn the tables on the thief" situations, you have to join Facebook or some other similarly dangerous soc med site, and set a smartphone app to automatically post your pictures there ... which carries privacy dangers ...) It's also amusing that one of the pics probably identifies one of the ship's officers ...)
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- Stolen iPhone posts thief's pics on victim's Facebook account Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (May 24)
- Re: Stolen iPhone posts thief's pics on victim's Facebook account Dr. Neal Krawetz (May 25)
- Re: Stolen iPhone posts thief's pics on victim's Facebook account Patrick Laverty (May 27)