ColdFusion Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Reuters reports that British Home Secretary John Reid will reach out to Apple and Sony for help in curbing "gadget" related crime. The UK saw an 8 per cent rise in street robberies in the last quarter of 2006, prompting the government to draw up a shortlist of MP3 player makers who it hopes to convince to take part in an anti-crime summit. According to a spokesman, the Home Office already enjoys a close working relationship with mobile phone manufacturers. "New technology, lifestyle changes, new commodities and new gadgets mean that the criminals continually move on," Reid told the BBC's Sunday AM programme. "So when we defeat them on mobile phones, they move on to Sat-Navs and then on to iPods." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zimmoframe Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 The way to make GPS and iPods 'unstealable' like a phone? Put them in a phone! Apple is ahead, no? Bring on the iPhone in the UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 my ipod got jacked the other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Are they going to have security systems in them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 haha like what GPS tracking???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Actually, that would probably work the best. Or maybe they should lower the price so people wouldn't be as tempted to steal them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 but people would just pop them open and then disable the GPS...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Not if they contained pepper spray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric.C Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 the easiest solution is probably getting the ip address and the mac address of the 1st computer the ipods plugged into. although that would be a privacy issue just like WGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Maybe they should just jack up the price so no one could have one, thus none could be stolen from people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 yea the ip thing would probably be a good thing, but what about if they werent connected to the internet? or a public wifi spot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Then the idea is useless. I think the whole thing is quite ridiculous, they are going to be crime related either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 yea the ip thing would probably be a good thing, but what about if they werent connected to the internet? or a public wifi spot? or dhcp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurferSD Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I'm thinking an "opt-in" feature for IP tracking on the SN when registering your iPod. Whenever the iPod is synced with Apple, if the SN is registered with Apple, it will report the current Public IP of the computer it is connected to. The the original purchaser of the iPod doesn't want their IP sent to Apple, they just don't "opt-in" or register altogether. Simple, Effective... Beautiful. I think I need to patent my idea and sell it to Apple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 ^ Also a good way to violate the Internet Privacy Act, on the thiefs side at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Are they going to have security systems in them? Idea 1 I'm thinking of a system where when you want to start using the ipod you must drop a small blood sample for it to analyze (taking aprox 30mins) to confirm that your DNA matches with the registered owner. And if it doesn't, you have 5 seconds to to put it down otherwise M.I. I'm sure that would make people think twice before trying to steal it. Idea 2 Finger print scanners on the ipod screen. If it fails you get a mega shock knocking you unconscious so that other people can steal everything else from you while you lay there, but leaving the ipod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GmanBen Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Idea 1I'm thinking of a system where when you want to start using the ipod you must drop a small blood sample for it to analyze (taking aprox 30mins) to confirm that your DNA matches with the registered owner. And if it doesn't, you have 5 seconds to to put it down otherwise M.I. I'm sure that would make people think twice before trying to steal it. Idea 2 Finger print scanners on the ipod screen. If it fails you get a mega shock knocking you unconscious so that other people can steal everything else from you while you lay there, but leaving the ipod. I like idea number two, very creative!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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