Technology saved this woman from being buried alive and murdered by her husband. Criminals now have to look out for whether people are wearing Apple Watches. A Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after burying his wife alive and breaking...
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Technology used to solve crime: Apple Airtags used to catch theives and recover stolen items
Apple Airtags have been used to stalk people, though they have also been used to catch stalkers. But Airtags have also been used to catch theives and recover stolen items. Here is a list of some examples. 1) Recovering stolen car. . . . someone did steal the Santa Fe...
Woman handcuffed and held at gunpoint used Apple Watch to summon help
Technology is at least making the lives of some criminals more difficult. A 31-year-old Pompton Lakes man is accused of using an airsoft gun to hold a young woman captive in her West Milford home while he rifled through her possessions and demanded thousands of...
iPhone used to commit a crime and then police use to solve it
This is an interesting case where technology not only made the crime possible, but it also made it easy for the police to catch the criminal. Florida man 'attached an iPhone to a robbery victim's car before using its location settings to track him down and steal more...
How Technology Helped Solve or Commit Crime: iPhone used to solve arson of police cars, catch a mass public shooter, India bans 118 Chinese apps over concerns of spying
Suspect's iPhone used to slave the arson of two police cars Forbes reports how iCloud data from a suspect's iPhone 7 allowed the FBI, to apprehend a man accused of firebombing two police cars in Seattle. The firebombing took place on May 30th, 2020. The...
How Technology Helped Solve and Commit Crime: Made it possible to spy and harass a woman and made it possible to catch four different criminals.
Uses technology to spy on woman, but iCloud evidence helped catch him "A Wolverhampton stalker who relentlessly hounded a woman sending hundreds of threatening messages and hacking into her home CCTV has been jailed."Jordan Reynolds, "'Extreme' Wolverhampton stalker...
How Technology Helped Solve Crime: Locking a car thief in a car, Saving a woman from a rapist, solving a murder, and solving a hit-and-run
Technology doesn't always protect citizens. In 2019, Apple pulled an App that allowed demonstrators to monitor the Hong Kong Police. Law enforcement can obtain Ring doorbell video without a warrant. While Amazon is doing that to help stop crime, there...
Technology used to stop crime: Don’t buy a looted iPhone, it will never work; and other cases
Unlike Android, Apple has figured out a way to discourage people from stealing iPhones. As the number of iPhones stolen in looting increases, thieves are going to try selling them — but Apple has disabled all of them.There is a reason professional thieves steal...
How Technology helped solve crime: IRS using Google Maps to spy on taxpayers
One more thing for taxpayers to worry about. From the Daily Caller: . . . A redacted IRS letter dated Sept. 8, 2011 reveals that at least in one case the IRS’s examiners used photos of a property, obtained through Google Maps, as evidence to revoke the 501(c)(4)...
How Technology Killed Auto Theft
Technology has made it very difficult to steal cars made after about 2000. The old cars that can be stolen are not very valuable. If it wasn't for old Hondas retaining some of their value, auto theft would be down even further. From the New York...