Lost cell-phone locator: Does this exist? would you please develop it?

[Victoria Hughes]

Have you all had this problem: 

you know your cellphone is not far away (within 3 miles any direction)

but you have no idea where it actually is?

Is there a way to use the data in our cellphones to transmit its location to a private URL?

Some organizations and the gummint can do this and track our cellphone locations, right? 

I think we should be able to access this info as well.

Goal: I want to be able to type in my personal secure URL,

 hit 'request' and get a map showing me at what restaurant I left my phone.

Kinda like being in the parking lot, hitting the button on my auto's remote, 

hearing it beep and heading in the right direction immediately.

Yup there are undoubtably layers of conflicting agendas, tech issues, privacy issues. 

?

Thank you. 

Tory

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[Paul Paryski]

For iPhone users:

The Find My iPhone feature helps you locate iPhone if it’s been lost or misplaced, and display a message on your iPhone to help someone return it to you. It includes Remote Wipe, which lets you erase all your information on iPhone in case you don’t recover it. The Remote Passcode Lock feature lets you remotely lock your iPhone and create a new or replacement 4-digit passcode.

Find My iPhone requires a MobileMe account. MobileMe is an online service, available by subscription. Go to www.apple.com/mobileme for more information.

cheers, Paul

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From: Victoria Hughes <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 11:53 am
Subject: [FRIAM] Lost cell-phone locator: Does this exist? would you please develop it?

Have you all had this problem: 

you know your cellphone is not far away (within 3 miles any direction)

but you have no idea where it actually is?

Is there a way to use the data in our cellphones to transmit its location to a private URL?

Some organizations and the gummint can do this and track our cellphone locations, right? 

I think we should be able to access this info as well.

Goal: I want to be able to type in my personal secure URL,

 hit 'request' and get a map showing me at what restaurant I left my phone.

Kinda like being in the parking lot, hitting the button on my auto's remote, 

hearing it beep and heading in the right direction immediately.

Yup there are undoubtably layers of conflicting agendas, tech issues, privacy issues. 

?

Thank you. 

Tory

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FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

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FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org