Sad Story

[Carl Lobo]

I think one of the first things a burglar would do would be to remove
the battery and sim card.

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Karthik Kumar <karthikkumar at gmail.com> wrote:
> There ought to be a security service on the Freerunner. By integrating
> the GPS service with internet, we could track where the burglar is.
>
> -Karthik
>
> On 12/1/08, William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>> and before that, some real security on the FR.
>>
>>  BillK
>>
>>
>>  On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 21:36 +0100, Yorick Moko wrote:
>>  > my condolences;
>>  >
>>  > we need a way to remotely activate the gps and make it send an sms and
>>  > e-mail etc etc
>>  >
>>  > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Ian Darwin <ian at darwinsys.com> wrote:
>>  > > Juan Cañete wrote:
>>  > >> Hi,
>>  > >>
>>  > >> Last night a burglar stole my FR. ...
>>  > >>
>>  > >> My phone had debian on it. I had a lot of applications configured. I used it like my main phone. Mail accounts configured, Phonebook with all contacts, a lot of sms, many applications configured with my users/passwds. And I realized they had access to all. I called the mobile phone company to suspend the number, I've changed almost all important passwds, anyway, although I think they even don't know how to use the FR, maybe they will sell it to someone that do, and he'll surf into my life.
>>  > >>
>>  > >> I only wanted to share this story with you. Maybe, because sharing my sadness I'll feel better, maybe not...
>>  > >>
>>  > > Sr Cañete, thank you, you do both yourself and all of us a service. We
>>  > > all (I hope) empathize with your loss.
>>  > > And, most importantly, your story reminds everyone on the list of the
>>  > > importance of doing backups of their handheld data with at least the
>>  > > same regularity as their desktop and server systems. Regularly.
>>  > > Paraphrasing Santayana: Those who do not learn from the suffering of
>>  > > others are destined to suffer in the future.
>>  > >
>>  > >
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>>  William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>
>>  Home in Perth!
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