According to the crime statistics, iPhones are one of the most commonly stolen mobile devices but, for 31 year old thief Horatio Toure, stealing an iPhone during the demonstration of the new tracking software turned out to be a flop show. The company had given the device to one of its employee for real time testing of the new tracking application of the phone.
In San Francisco, the CEO David Kahn was providing a demo on his latest software, Alert and Respond. To simulate how it worked in real life situations, he asked Jordan Sturm, assistant to the CEO to take his phone on a walk around the block.
According to San Francisco police, Toure rode the bicycle up to Sturm this monday afternoon in the South of Market neighborhood, snatched the iPhone out of her hands, and then pedaled away. Sturm went back into the building and informed her Boss. Obviously the police was called and was explained what has just happened.
Police stayed on the phone and were informed about the position given by the iPhones tracking device. The thief was tracked and was captured half miles away in just 10 minutes and was arrested for grand theft and possession for stolen property.
If the bandit would had taken a peek at the screen, he would have seen himself traveling across a map of San Francisco. The software has other features, which Kahn considered using — such as turning on the phone’s camera to remotely take a photo, or turning on the phone’s microphone to remotely record what is being said. Kahn decided not to use these features in this particular chase, lest the thief realize that he was being tracked.
This reminds me of the bank robber who arrives during the security test,” Kahn told The San Francisco Chronicle, “What are the odds that you would grab someone’s cell phone during a demonstration of the ability to track a phone’s location in real time?”
Stealing phone not easy anymore with the new GPS tracker application.
Thief got unlucky: Stole iPhone on test for GPS tracker
According to the crime statistics, iPhones are one of the most commonly stolen mobile devices but, for 31 year old thief Horatio Toure, stealing an iPhone during the demonstration of the new tracking software turned out to be a flop show. The company had given the device to one of its employee for real time testing of the new tracking application of the phone.
In San Francisco, the CEO David Kahn was providing a demo on his latest software, Alert and Respond. To simulate how it worked in real life situations, he asked Jordan Sturm, assistant to the CEO to take his phone on a walk around the block.
According to San Francisco police, Toure rode the bicycle up to Sturm this monday afternoon in the South of Market neighborhood, snatched the iPhone out of her hands, and then pedaled away. Sturm went back into the building and informed her Boss. Obviously the police was called and was explained what has just happened.
Police stayed on the phone and were informed about the position given by the iPhones tracking device. The thief was tracked and was captured half miles away in just 10 minutes and was arrested for grand theft and possession for stolen property.
If the bandit would had taken a peek at the screen, he would have seen himself traveling across a map of San Francisco. The software has other features, which Kahn considered using — such as turning on the phone’s camera to remotely take a photo, or turning on the phone’s microphone to remotely record what is being said. Kahn decided not to use these features in this particular chase, lest the thief realize that he was being tracked.
This reminds me of the bank robber who arrives during the security test,” Kahn told The San Francisco Chronicle, “What are the odds that you would grab someone’s cell phone during a demonstration of the ability to track a phone’s location in real time?”
Stealing phone not easy anymore with the new GPS tracker application.