Re: I can't be the only one.

smartphone = android?

have a look at airdroid... it is supposed to do exactly this. Not only, 
but also take a photo of the person as they try to unlock the phone, and 
then you log in remotely from any browser and download the photo, and 
after that you can remotely delete everything from the phone for privacy.

it then gives you a massage and sends a sympathy card and a get well 
soon and makes a nice cup of tea.

I'm not aware of any such thing for fruit phones.

I haven't tried all these functions, but it seems like a nice app for 
the things I have used it for, namely accessing files via USB or wifi or 
internet.

David


On 26/02/14 16:38, William Bennett wrote:
> I've just had my smartphone stolen.
>
> I asked a friend to dial the number: I can hear it ringing.
>
> Asked the police forensic expert - can it be triangulated? Yes, but (always
> there's a but). In the cities, where the uprights are in high
> concentration, triangulation can be accurate to within a couple of metres.
> In the country (where I live), with the uprights widely spaced, accuracy
> goes out to a couple of kilometres.
>
> So I got to thinking. Isn't there an app, which, when installed on the
> phone, enables you to contact the phone (ie., it must merely be on), send a
> password/code (whether the phone is answered/not): the phone then takes a
> GPS reading and transmits it to the caller?
>
> Or have I been reading too many sci-fi novels?
>
> Any help etc.
>
> Somewhat disgustedly,
>
> William Bennett.

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