Atlanta Couple Targeted by Find My Phone App
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 01/25/2016 10:41 AM
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An Atlanta couple is mystified by people coming to their home and claiming that is where their lost cell phone is according to the app Find My Phone.
Some come with the police, at all hours of the day and night. Many don't believe that the couple doesn’t have their phones. And sometimes, it’s not just a phone that’s missing, but a person. In June, the police came looking for a teenage girl whose parents reported her missing. The police made Lee and Saba sit outside for more than an hour while the police decided whether they should get a warrant to search the house for the girl’s phone, and presumably, the girl.
Some are iPhones. Some are Androids. They’re on different carriers: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Boost Mobile. And Saba and Lee have no idea as to who to call to fix the problem. T-Mobile wouldn't help, Google's Android service and Apples IPhone also refused to help. And the FCC said it didn't fall under their jurisdiction.
Saba and Lee plan to file a complaint with the FCC and with their senator. "Public pressure is how stuff like this changes,” said Saba. “It sucks that it happens to us, but I hope our experience will lead to it not happening to anyone else.”
Source: Fusion
Some come with the police, at all hours of the day and night. Many don't believe that the couple doesn’t have their phones. And sometimes, it’s not just a phone that’s missing, but a person. In June, the police came looking for a teenage girl whose parents reported her missing. The police made Lee and Saba sit outside for more than an hour while the police decided whether they should get a warrant to search the house for the girl’s phone, and presumably, the girl. Some are iPhones. Some are Androids. They’re on different carriers: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Boost Mobile. And Saba and Lee have no idea as to who to call to fix the problem. T-Mobile wouldn't help, Google's Android service and Apples IPhone also refused to help. And the FCC said it didn't fall under their jurisdiction.
Saba and Lee plan to file a complaint with the FCC and with their senator. "Public pressure is how stuff like this changes,” said Saba. “It sucks that it happens to us, but I hope our experience will lead to it not happening to anyone else.”
Source: Fusion
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