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Stolen handset uploads images thanks to ShoZu

Posted in Stupid by Derek at 4:30 pm
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What happens when your mobile handset – complete with image auto uploads [ShoZu] – is stolen? You sit back and watch your personal Flickrstream as images of the perps family and life begin to stream in.

My cell phone was stolen last Friday. I had it disconnected and arranged to get a replacement. It had been set up with the excellent service from ShoZu to automatically upload all pictures taken with the phone to Flickr. So today, completely surprisingly, I find pictures on my Flickr account of the family of the person who took the phone. I’m not sure they knew what was happening (they replaced the SIM card with their own, clearly, but probably didn’t notice ShoZu), I have no way to find my phone with these pictures [...]

The “intimate” and personal details of the handset thief materialize on the practicalist. Read more and take a minute to scratch your head. Yes, people are very much unplugged and unbeknown of what little gadgets can do these days.

2 Responses to “Stolen handset uploads images thanks to ShoZu”

  1. SMASH says:

    i guess this person never saw the stolen sidekick2 website…

    i think it was posted on here dont really remember tho.,. but the sidekick that wax stolen pictures were taken adn uplooaded to tmobiles website..

    and the person took teh picture made a website.. adn by the end of a week had people all over the world looking for the phone… by the end of the month knew who had it

  2. Steven says:

    methinks your link is b0rked

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