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FrodosPet

(5,169 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2015, 01:19 PM Jun 2015

Police urge caution when tracking missing phones after teen fatally shot

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/police-urge-caution-when-tracking-missing-phones-after-teen-fatally-shot-1.2424450

CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Tuesday, June 16, 2015 6:59AM EDT
Last Updated Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:51PM EDT

Police in London, Ont., say the slaying of an 18-year-old man over the weekend highlights the risks involved with tracking missing cellphones using mobile apps.

Jeremy Cook was shot multiple times behind a strip mall in the northeast part of London early Sunday.

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Const. Ken Steeves urged anyone tracking a missing cellphone to tread carefully when entering potentially dangerous situations.

"The app is not what makes the scenario dangerous -- it is the human beings or the people you interact with," Steeves told CTV News Channel.

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1. Always write down important phone numbers. This will help make your phone even less valuable to you. So that way if it is lost, it is easier to let it go.

2. If a stranger does have it, and they aren't calling your friends trying to get the phone back to you, let it go. They will not be happy to see you. As this case proves, that can lead to a tragic outcome.

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Police urge caution when tracking missing phones after teen fatally shot (Original Post) FrodosPet Jun 2015 OP

In some countries, organized crime facilitates trafficking in stolen smartphones stevenleser Jun 2015 #1

Even if the police won't do anything FrodosPet Jun 2015 #2

Agreed. The good news is there are now private firms starting up that are doing recovery stevenleser Jun 2015 #3

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

1. In some countries, organized crime facilitates trafficking in stolen smartphones

Reply to FrodosPet (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 01:21 PM

Jun 2015

I appreciate wanting to try to get your phone back, but this outcome is not surprising. Folk should call the police after determining where their phone is.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)

2. Even if the police won't do anything

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 01:25 PM

Jun 2015

Let it go. It's a material object that ultimately you are probably better off not having.

Personally, I never have, and never will, spend more than $50 to $100 on a phone. Losing a $300+ phone would drive me batty. Losing a $100 phone would still drive me batty, but not enough to get stupid and try to recover it from an unwilling person.

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

3. Agreed. The good news is there are now private firms starting up that are doing recovery

Reply to FrodosPet (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 01:27 PM

Jun 2015

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/12/absolute-software-stolen-smartphones_n_4415003.html

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