According to the below television news report, police in Wilsonville, Oregon arrested a neighborhood burglar after he used the Motorola Droid mobile phone he had stolen to take a picture of himself on an Android phone. What the thief did not know is that the phone had a mobile ap on it known as “Lookout.” The legitimate owner of the phone had configured his Lookout program to automatically synch all of his photographs from his mobile phone to the Lookout website.
When the foolish burglar took a picture of himself (one he presumed was only being stored locally), it was unknowingly uploaded to the Lookout site when the application preformed its nightly backup service at midnight. It was there that the legitimate mobile phone owner discovered a picture had been uploaded of an individual whom he did not recognize. The burglarly victim then notified the police who were able to use the photo to track down and arrest the suspect, a 15-year old male who police believe had been casing the victim’s house for some time.
The television report on the incident can be seen here:
