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- ↑ BBC: Inside a knife-point mugging, 9 July 2012. Describes a street robbery of a phone and other items, and how a suspect (in possession of the phone, and recorded on security cameras in the area) was quickly tracked and arrested through a Find my Phone service.
- ↑ AP: Cop accused of stealing driver's iPhone from a wreck, 12 July 2012. iPhone tracked as having been stolen by policeman from car crash.
- ↑ "Find My Phone: Track your misplaced Android, iPhone, or Windows Phone". Gadget Detected - Tech & Startup news. 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- ↑ ReadWriteWeb: How to Find Your Lost or Stolen Android Phone for Free Archived 2012-07-10 at the Wayback Machine . Comparison of several "Find my Phone" applications for Android phones.
- ↑ Rubenking, Neil J. (July 1, 2011). "6 Ways to Find Your Stolen Laptop". PCMAG. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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