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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Film student Anthony van der Meer had his iPhone stolen and the thought that a stranger had access to all of his personal data really concerned him. What kind of person would steal a phone? Where do these phones end up? These were his biggest questions. To get answers, Anthony had another phone stolen from him on purpose, but this time he followed the thief using a hidden app and made a captivating documentary film about the whole process.
"Find my Phone" was possible because of a spyware app called Cerberus. Using it, van der Meer was able to remotely track and control his phone whenever it was turned on and connected to the internet. Anthony listened to the thief's calls, read his messages, took photos, and even recorded both audio and video. The filmmaker then compressed everything into a thrilling 21 minute documentary movie which highlights how easy it is to spy on someone in the digital age. The video has already been viewed by more than 1.7 millions of people.
More info: anthonyvdmeer.nl (h/t: petapixel)
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by tibman on Tuesday December 20 2016, @09:02PM
It certainly looked like a bunch of people were tempted to steal it though. Casing it and walking around to see if anyone was watching. My guess is they were trying to see the brand and rough value if they did steal it. When someone finally does steal it we find out the thief is very poor. The phone wasn't resold, it was used. My guess is that if a new flagship phone was used one of those first people casing the phone would have stolen it for resell.
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