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A friend, who works at my phone carrier traced the IMEI number.

I had insurance, but the deductible was $500. Ultimately, I had to buy another phone – out of contract. I went to the store and got a $15 phone for phone calls and texts until I could get back. He could have run away with over $5000 worth of electronics if he spent a little more time in my truck. In the back seat was my Macbook, iPad, and newly acquired Google Glass. The car alarm went off, but he laughed it off to the woman saying he pressed the wrong button. The kid was able to get his arm in and press the unlock button. Turned out – the mini van was the woman who first noticed the problem. He headed toward a mini-van, so I didn’t think much of it. When we walked out of the store, an employee went running in front saying someone’s car was broken into. Further, I noticed I left my phone in car while at the store, but thought the doors were locked and it will be fine. I left the window open only a couple inches, thinking that was not a problem.

We stopped at the grocery store to pick up snacks and drinks for the 2-day excursion. Jennifer and I were going to head up north and spend time with friends at their cabin. He punched an 8-year old boy for this iPad, folks!! That is a scary situation.Īnd your tablet? That can be taken as well. Some of those thefts happened while people were talking on the phone. 100 devices stolen in 60 seconds! Some of them were NOT from cherry pickers (those who grab phones sitting on a table or bar). Worse yet, Consumer Reports states that 1.6 million smart phones were stolen. Remember: A Laptop is stolen every 50 seconds. That laptop could have your vacation or kids photos, tax or other business documents, or even a list of all your passcodes for home and work. That is when I started thinking about better protecting my devices, especially since I need them to do my job. I have actually had this happen to me, which is a far better story than any “recreation” I could make. Last week I announced a contest and talked about going #DigitallyDark for the Absolute LoJack Challenge.

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