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Re:ABC News uses iCloud to track a stolen iPad to TSA office... by cek on Thursday September 27, 2012 @10:50PM (#4584078)
What an outrageous thing to say! This guy stole the iPad. Period.

You also seem to be implying that his "mistake" was taking something easy to track. Wow.

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Re:ABC News uses iCloud to track a stolen iPad to TSA office... by AngryParsley on Thursday September 27, 2012 @10:53PM (#4584086)
No. I'm saying not only was his action inexcusable, wrong, and illegal, it was also stupid.

I'm not sure why people downvoted me and replied with such stern disagreement. I used as many hedge-words as I could ("slightly incorrect", "isn't quite as bad", etc) and was describing my subjective impression. In no way did I blame ABC for the loss of their iPad, and I called the TSA agent's action inexcusable.

We're on the same side here.

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Re:ABC News uses iCloud to track a stolen iPad to TSA office... by scott_s on Friday September 28, 2012 @05:02PM (#4587778)
Don't worry, I assumed the same thing you did about his actions, and I think it's important to make what he did clear.
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Re:ABC News uses iCloud to track a stolen iPad to TSA office... by 13rules on Friday September 28, 2012 @04:54PM (#4587740)
What an outrageous thing to say! This guy stole the iPad. Period.

Seriously. If someone leaves their car running on the street that's a stupid thing to do, but does it give anyone permission to steal it? "Oh look ... I 'found' this car."

Finder's Keepers applies to a $5 bill you find on the sidewalk with no one around, not iPads.

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