Matt Stopera’s iPhone was stolen in a bar in New York City. What follows is a crazy story that ends up with him tracking his iPhone to somewhere in China, then making the trip out there to meet the new “owner”. Along the way, Matt becomes a bit of a celebrity in China. Fun read.
Following his stolen iPhone all the way to China
Not to rain on this fun parade, but … what kind of an idiot doesn’t have his phone pass-locked? Or know enough to use “Find My iPhone” if it goes missing. Or how to lock it remotely? Or even what someone else’s photos showing up in his photo stream would mean?
I mean, yes, he got an adventure out of it, but the whole thing just strikes me as a reward for being both careless and stupid about basic personal tech security.