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Re: Jobs' theft and recovery

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, comp.programming, alt.hacking, alt.privacy
Subject Re: Jobs' theft and recovery
Date 2012-08-16 21:39 -0700
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <160820122139228354%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
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In article <michelle-8FA32E.20070916082012@news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> > So, they recognized his computer's ID number when he logged into iTunes? 
> >  And then located hin through the IP address?
> > 
> > Would this happen with any iMac, any theft, or was it a special effort 
> > for this celebrity case?
> 
> My guess is that they used the "Find my iPhone/iPad/Mac" technology.

you'd guess wrong. the police report states that apple saw an ipad and
imac belonging to steve jobs connecting to apple, and using the ip
address, the cops tracked him down.

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Jobs' theft and recovery RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-16 16:59 -0700
  Re: Jobs' theft and recovery nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-16 17:04 -0700
    Re: Jobs' theft and recovery RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-16 18:58 -0700
      Re: Jobs' theft and recovery J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@but.see.sig> - 2012-08-16 22:31 -0400
      Re: Jobs' theft and recovery nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-16 19:53 -0700
      Re: Jobs' theft and recovery Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-16 20:07 -0700
        Re: Jobs' theft and recovery nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-16 21:39 -0700
          Re: Jobs' theft and recovery Justin <justin@nobecauseihatespam.edu> - 2012-08-17 01:25 -0400
            Re: Jobs' theft and recovery Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-17 08:15 -0700
            Re: Jobs' theft and recovery nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-17 08:50 -0700

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