Crime-proof iPods Please...

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!

my ipod got jacked the other day

Are they going to have security systems in them?

haha like what GPS tracking????

Actually, that would probably work the best.

Or maybe they should lower the price so people wouldn't be as tempted to steal them.

but people would just pop them open and then disable the GPS......

Not if they contained pepper spray

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

Maybe they should just jack up the price so no one could have one, thus none could be stolen from people.

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?

Then the idea is useless. I think the whole thing is quite ridiculous, they are going to be crime related either way.

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

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.

^ Also a good way to violate the Internet Privacy Act, on the thiefs side at least.

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.

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.

I like idea number two, very creative!!!!!