Apple's "Find My iPhone" Helps Police Track Down Car Theft Suspect

In a burglary case in Melbourne, Australia, the police tracked down the suspect with the help of "Find My" on the iPad, but the suspect was killed in a car accident during the tracking process.

Apple's "Fing My" recently played a role in a home robbery.

February 4,With the help of the "Find My" app on the iPad of the robbery victim, local police in Melbourne, Australia identified two suspects in the home robbery.

However, during the arrest, both suspects died in a traffic accident. Details of the police pursuit were released at a court hearing on Tuesday.

A burglary was discovered, but "Find My" tracked the entire place

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Vaatoa Chang, 29, and Jonas Montealegre, 36, recently carried out a home robbery.

At around 7:50 p.m. that day, they were at a home in St Albans.A Mitsubishi Triton and a Volkswagen Golf were stolen, along with an iPad with the "Find My" feature enabled.

The homeowner then called the local police.The victim opened his "Find My" on another Apple device.Therefore, the police quickly locked onto a local hotel, Glengala, in Sunshine, using the location information of the iPad.

Police warned the thieves to get out of the car before they were caught, and a helicopter from the police air wing was called in to help in the pursuit.

However, when police arrived at the scene, the two thieves had abandoned the vehicle and replaced it with a Toyota Kluger.The police tracked the person for another two hours using Find My's location tracking method, and had already crossed the entire Melbourne.

When tracking the vehicle through the streets of Thomastown, police used spike strips to blow up two tires of the fleeing vehicle.

The vehicle did not stop and continued south. The officer in the helicopter reported that the man in the vehicle then attempted to hijack two other vehicles on the road.

At the intersection of two streets in Preston, police began a second pursuit at 9:57 p.m.

But the pursuit didn't last long. After 41 seconds, the suspect's Toyota Kluger He ran a red light at speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour and crashed into a truck towing a container.A container being transported by a truck fell and crushed an Audi sedan.

The truck and Audi driver who were hit suffered only minor injuries.Both suspects died at the scene of the accident.

In this carjacking incident, "Find My" did not fail at all and helped the police to make great contributions. However, what if there is a problem with the phone's positioning?

Previously, Shi Yiyu, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Notre Dame, encountered such a dilemma: his car was hijacked and his cell phone positioning was ineffective, so heUsing the classic computer algorithm - the greedy algorithm, I successfully found my favorite car.

You can read the original article "How practical is the greedy algorithm that lets computer professors recover hijacked vehicles?"Feel the wonder of the algorithm, so don’t provoke the masters in the computer field easily.

This is not the first time that Find My Device has solved a case

Nowadays, there are more and more products with built-in GPS, which greatly helps users find lost items. This case is not the first time that "Find My" has helped the police find a suspect.

A similar case occurred earlier in California, where an Apple Watch user had his watch stolen and was eventually caught red-handed.

California police used GPS to locate the two suspects, probably near a parking lot on a street in Roseville, but were unable to determine the exact location where the watch was hidden.

Fortunately, the owner of the Apple Watch used the iPhone's "Find My" function toMake the Apple Watch make a sound and finally find the watch in a cabinet in a mobile home.

Although the "Find My" function can indeed help owners find their Apple products, it does not always end well. For example, some owners did not contact the police at the time and tried to retrieve their items on their own, but were eventually attacked by criminals and lost their lives.

But no matter what, it’s always a good idea to open a device search app like “Find My” on your electronic device.

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