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<p>There have been a couple of car thieves found in the last few
weeks who have run off with vehicles which have iPhones or iPads
in them, and the owners have used "Find my iPhone" to locate them,
which is excruciatingly funny.<br>
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<p><a
href="https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/man-charged-after-police-track-stolen-car-using-find-my-ipad-app/ar-AAD2wZb?li=AAgfIYZ&p=DevEx%2C5073.1">https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/man-charged-after-police-track-stolen-car-using-find-my-ipad-app/ar-AAD2wZb?li=AAgfIYZ&p=DevEx%2C5073.1</a></p>
<p>With all the so-called national security legislation that has
passed over the last couple of years, there's no doubt that the
police <i>can</i> track a device via its IMEI.</p>
<p>But they won't. Not for a trivial case. Only for leak
investigations arising from referrals from Ministers, they'll get
onto them like a beaver on wood. But actually helping real normal
people? LOL no, that's not what those laws were for.</p>
<p>Regards,<br>
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<p> - mark</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/9/19 3:45 PM, Robert Hudson wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi all,
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<div>Is it possible for a mobile carrier in Australia to locate
a stolen mobile phone, via the police (they've been notified,
and a case number issued)?</div>
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<div>We know the data is there (metadata, etc), but can it be
used by the owner of a device to locate it (or to have the
location found by the police to track/recover it)?</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div>Robert</div>
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