Is this saying that the police were able to access find my iPhone data, or that the victim used it and told the police? The first one is a little worrying from a privacy standpoint.
On 6/7/21, Simon A Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: > This sounds very much like apple should be getting paid by UsA law > enforcement for doing half the job for them. > > Great work for both apple and product users using find my on their devices. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of M. > Taylor > Sent: Monday, 7 June 2021 2:08 pm > To: [email protected] > Subject: Texas man fired for selling school-owned iPads in the Apple Crime > Blotter and Other Headlines, Apple Insider News > > Texas man fired for selling school-owned iPads in the Apple Crime Blotter By > Stephen Silver: June 06, 2021 > > Shots fired near a Pittsburgh Apple Store, Find My iPhone solves Akon's car > theft, and several iPhones were seized from a Capitol riot defendant. > The latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of > Apple-related crime. > > A Texas man has been fired from his job as the chief of technology and > innovation for a local school district after he was caught selling > district-owned iPads. > According to News 4 San Antonio, the official was caught when a local family > answered a Facebook Marketplace ad and purchased multiple iPads from him in > a transaction that entailed meeting him in a parking lot. Once the family's > mother realized the iPads were "a type marketed to schools," she searched > the man's name and discovered he worked for the school district. > She notified the TV station, which discovered a video of a school board > meeting in which the same man had recommended that the district spend > $483,000 on iPads and other equipment. > > Police used Find My iPhone to recover Akon's car The singer and record > producer Akon had his SUV stolen while pumping gas at an Atlanta gas station > in late May. But the car was later tracked down, thanks to Find My iPhone. > Fox 5 reports police later recovered the automobile in Forest Park, about 20 > miles away. > This is far from the first Apple-related theft involving a famous person in > Atlanta. Atlanta Falcons player Hayden Hurst had his team-issued iPad and > Beats headphones taken after a game in October of 2020, while Josh Brolin's > iPad was stolen from his car in November. The latter theft, like the Akon > incident, took place in the Buckhead neighborhood. > > iPhones, MacBook and Nazi items seized from "Camp Auschwitz" Capitol riot > defendant One of the more notorious defendants from the January 6 U.S. > Capitol riot had a MacBook and several iPhones seized from his possession, > as well as weapons and Nazi memorabilia. > According to a search warrant obtained and posted to Twitter by extremism > researcher Seamus Hughes, the man, who was photographed inside the Capitol > wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" hoodie, had at least four iPhones taken from his > residence by the FBI, in addition to a MacBook and numerous accessories. > Other items referenced in the warrant included pictures of Adolf Hitler, a > "folder titled 'Whites Only Material'" and "swastika artwork." The warrant > was dated January 13. > > Devices searched belonging to man accused of filming woman showering at hog > farm A Minnesota man has been hit with six charges alleging that he > non-consensually filmed women in the shower at his hog farm in rural > Minnesota. The Post Bulletin writes authorities became aware of a video > shared by the man and later seized his iPhone and iPad. > The man has been charged with six gross misdemeanor charges of interference > with privacy, based on the six videos that were found. However, the report > added that many more images were discovered that fall outside the statute of > limitations. > Due to regulations related to the potential for disease contamination, the > hog farm requires showering before entering and leaving. > > Shots fired near Apple Store in Pittsburgh Shots were fired following a > fight at the Ross Park Mall in Pittsburgh in late May, with the incident > taking place near the mall's Apple Store. WTAE reports one witness was > getting her MacBook repaired at the store when she heard the shots, and > Apple Store employees told customers to "run run run." > A group of 30 or 40 people huddled in the back room of the store. The > situation ended with two juveniles arrested and brought to juvenile > detention. > > Earlier in the month, a shooting at Aventura Mall in Florida also had > employees and customers waiting inside the mall's nearby Apple Store for two > hours, WSVN reported. > > Baltimore officer hit with federal child pornography charges, after erasing > iPad A Baltimore Police SWAT Officer has been brought up on federal child > pornography charges after the offending materials were found on his laptop > and iCloud account. > According to the Justice Department, the investigation began after the > 51-year-old was caught exposing himself to a minor female. That led to > searches of his devices, which discovered offending images and videos. > The DOJ also said that while the man had erased his iPad, the address of a > child pornography website was found in his iCloud account. > > Man charged with child pornography hastily hid iPhone, other devices In > another case of a man brought up on federal child pornography charges, > prosecutors in the Western District of New York charged a 49-year-old man > with possession and receipt of child pornography. > In addition, per the Department of Justice, the man appears to have made > clumsy attempts to hide or destroy computers and other devices. > In addition to finding an iPhone, investigators observed "power cords and > computer-related equipment" in the man's living room, but no computer, and > later found "damaged remains of a computer desk and computer components in a > garbage tote." Beneath a pile of wood scraps, they also found "a damaged > computer tower, another iPhone, and ten additional firearms." > > Accused "deep fake cheerleader mom" uses "an old iPhone 8" > Back in March, a story made headlines about a Pennsylvania woman who was > accused of launching a harassment campaign against her daughter's > cheerleading rival. Prosecutors claimed at the time had included the use of > "Deep Fake" technology. > However, according to The Washington Post, prosecutors have dropped the > claim about the "Deep Fakes," with the Bucks Country district attorney > announcing police were "unable to confirm the video evidence was > falsified." > > The woman, who continues to face other charges related to the alleged > harassment, lacks the technical know-how to create actual Deep Fakes, and > uses an old iPhone 8 as "her main piece of computing hardware," her attorney > told the newspaper. > > Man in Kenya arrested for iPhone Instagram scam A man in Kenya who runs an > Instagram page under the name "Badman Anchor" has been arrested by the > Directorate of Criminal Investigations and is accused of running a scam. > The Star reports the man has claimed to sell iPhones and other Apple > products on such pages as Bakcell Apple Store and Netsol Apple Store but has > instead defrauded customers. > > Have an Apple crime story for us? 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