Monday, March 19, 2012

Pimp's Android Pattern Lock too hard for FBI

Doubtful about your Android's pattern lock ability to keep safe the contents of your phone? Well, recently it has been proven that it's harder then it seems, even for the FBI. The feds has to serve Google a warrant to unlock the phone of a pimp suspected of violating his parole. The pimp, Dante Dears, was known to have a business in San Diego named "Pimpin' Hoes Daily" (PHD). He was locked up in 2005. When he got out in 2009, authorities tethered him to a GPS monitor so he couldn't continue what he used to do. But the pimp found a way to get around it. He used an Android phone to run his business, just from sitting at home. A source said they saw him using his phone more than six hours at a time at his house. FBI, suspected he continued the prostitution ring. Dears denied the phone was his and refused to draw the pattern, it had to go through Android's security measure, even though his parole conditions said he couldn't lock any of his digital files.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/fbi-fails-break-pimp-android-pattern-lock-serves-192617057.html

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Chase Cell Phone, Get Stuck in Trash Chute


A U.S. teenager from Atlanta had to be rescued from an apartment complex trash chute after she accidently threw away her cell phone and got stuck while she tried to get it back, police said. The 19-year old woman ordered fast food from a restaurant early on Sunday and mistakenly dropped her cell phone in the useless food bag. After she threw the bag into the trash chute at the apartment complex she realized her phone wasn't in her pocket. So she retraces her steps and realizes where her phone had gone. She then got stuck attempting to reach for the back. Her friends called the police, and fire fighters dislodged her within 10 minutes by moving a dumpster at the end of the chute and pulling her out. Local police officer, Tim Fecht said "I've heard of people getting stuck while cleaning the chutes, but taking a swan dive, like in the movies, that's pretty rare," Fecht  said. He said the woman was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for minor injuries.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Parents Forget Daughter at Chuck E. Cheese's


Parents of a 3-year old girl named Harmony, forgot the little one at the themed restaurant Chuck E. Cheese. They had some explaining to do after unknowingly leaving her there, and later see her picture on the evening news. She was left behind at the restaurant in Bel Air, after attending a large party that her parents took her to. According to a report from the Harford County Sheriff's Office, both of the girls parents, who share Harmony's custody, assumed the she had gone home with other relatives. A restaurant manager alerted the police around 8 P.M. that a girl had been left alone after Harmony told a staff member that she was thirsty. Since they were unable to find her parents, the deputies asked a local news media to put the child's picture on the evening news. At around 11 P.M. Harmony's photo showed up on the newscast, multiple phone calls were received at the Sheriff's office, including a call from Harmony's parents. After officers determined that Harmony's abandonment was unintentional and an accident. Child Services released her to her mother, with no charges expected to be filed.