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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	2012-08-17 08:50 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<170820120850177013%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References	(1 earlier) <160820121704198185%nospam@nospam.invalid> <01b433d4-0bc9-4720-85df-d2d1e114bbf2@f4g2000pbq.googlegroups.com> <michelle-8FA32E.20070916082012@news.eternal-september.org> <160820122139228354%nospam@nospam.invalid> <k0kkkp$lcl$1@dont-email.me>

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In article <k0kkkp$lcl$1@dont-email.me>, Justin
<justin@nobecauseihatespam.edu> 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.
> 
> Because police are renowned for knowing about technology, so everything 
> in the press release has to be true.

it wasn't a press release. it was the actual police report.

> Take it from somebody who worked for a Sheriff's department for two 
> years; cops know absolutely nothing about computers, cellphones, new 
> cars, and even fax machines confuse them.

the police who were investigating included a team *specifically* for
high tech crimes, so yes they *did* know about computers.

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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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