Allow me to elaborate. About a week or so ago, my friend who we shall call "Jonathan" (names have not been changed in order to reveal identity) told me quite the interesting little story of an adventure from which he had just returned.
Earlier on that day, he received a frantic phone call from his mother. Her car had been stolen and she needed him to pick her up from work and bring her to the police station. Distraught and probably a little hungry, he rushed over to his mother's place of work.
While filling out the police report, the officer helping them out asked Jonathan's mom if she thought any valuables had been left in the car. She explained how she had left her iPad in the car that day because she was planning on going to her friend's house after work to show her some pictures.
Being a quick thinking techno-geek, Jonathan remembered an app he had installed on his mother's iPad that would allow him to remotely access its location. He whipped out his phone, and activated the app which instantly brought up the location of the stolen iPad.
That was all the officer needed to see so they rushed off to the quiet south west neighborhood to try and catch the thief red-handed.
After arriving at the approximate location, they immediately spotted the stolen van parked on the driveway in front of a duplex. The officer got out of the vehicle and marched up the driveway while his partner stayed back. Jonathan and his mother were waiting in their car a few houses back to watch all the action unfold.
After a few short moments, they saw the partnering officer leap into action and tackle a pajama clad man trying to flee the scene. He escaped out the back door, but something compelled him to run to the front of the house into the waiting arms of the police officer.
Jonathan and the police officers were able to retrieve the iPad which had been hooked up to the thief’s computer. He was trying to wipe it, but luckily it had been password protected so he was not able to do so. The van was also returned, and there were no signs of damage.
So let this be a lesson to you: always lock your laptops and iPads, and don't mess with Jonathan's mom!
