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jcb10

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From the San Francisco Chronicle Crime Blog:

There are unlucky thieves, and then there is Horatio Toure.

According to San Francisco police, the 31-year-old city resident rode a bicycle up to a woman Monday afternoon in the South of Market neighborhood, snatched an iPhone out of her hands, and then pedaled away.

Problem was, the woman was carrying the phone as part of a company's demonstration of a real-time GPS tracking program. If the bandit would have taken a peek at the screen, he would have seen himself traveling across a map of San Francisco.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/crime/detail?entry_id=68288&tsp=1#ixzz0uLqF1Xr9

Rest of story at:
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/crime/detail?entry_id=68288&tsp=1>
 

ChazUK

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Rofl! Great post and good story. What a fool! :D
 

macfan881

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Feb 22, 2006
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From the San Francisco Chronicle Crime Blog:

There are unlucky thieves, and then there is Horatio Toure.

According to San Francisco police, the 31-year-old city resident rode a bicycle up to a woman Monday afternoon in the South of Market neighborhood, snatched an iPhone out of her hands, and then pedaled away.

Problem was, the woman was carrying the phone as part of a company's demonstration of a real-time GPS tracking program. If the bandit would have taken a peek at the screen, he would have seen himself traveling across a map of San Francisco.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/crime/detail?entry_id=68288&tsp=1#ixzz0uLqF1Xr9

Rest of story at:
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/crime/detail?entry_id=68288&tsp=1>

Karma Kicking the guy in the A$$
 

Nykwil

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sounds fishy.

i mean...what are the odds of a company testing out a real-time tracking program and getting said device stolen? I mean that's great "PR" for that company. Seems all too coincidental to me.

wreaks of publicity stunt.
 

Rajani Isa

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Jun 8, 2010
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sounds fishy.

i mean...what are the odds of a company testing out a real-time tracking program and getting said device stolen? I mean that's great "PR" for that company. Seems all too coincidental to me.

wreaks of publicity stunt.

Murphy's law doesn't just hit law abiding people.

I say wait a few days and see what else comes up about this story.
 
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