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  • California man uses AirTag to confront thief who stole his BMW

    chelinchelin
    irwinmaurice said:
    Sooooo, how exactly was this ‘thief’ able to steal the car without a key?  BMWs have either had custom keys replaceable only by dealers or the new-ish key fobs w remote or electronic starts.  

    LONG gone are the days of hot wiring the cars.  

    Or did the ‘tracker’ lose track of his key?  
    Something doesn’t seem quite heroic as much as foolhardy followed by CYA for “I left my car fob on the table at Starbucks and forgot it when I left…”
    Happened to us. But the thieves broke into our house first and got the keys from the kitchen counter. 

    However we were saved by OnStar, they have a special program for LEOs to receive updates on the vehicle’s location, heading and speed. I would assume that BMW have a similar system. AirTags is more for finding an item under a cushion.
    dewmeirwinmauricekillroy

  • California man uses AirTag to confront thief who stole his BMW

    chelinchelin
    mikethemartian said:
    He confronted him in a public place so that decreases the odds of it escalating too high.
    Haven’t been to SoCal I hear…
    9secondkox2watto_cobrakillroy

  • LeBron James leaks return of Beats Pill speaker

    chelinchelin
    What do you call an intentional leak?
    watto_cobrajeffharris

  • Jon Stewart opens up about Apple interference in his show

    chelinchelin
    foregoneconclusion said:
    The company that funds the show having a say in the material is nothing new. That dynamic has been around since the beginning of media. Stewart himself has been known to adhere to the principles of both-siderism when it comes to political topics which isn’t exactly the most honest way of presenting information.
    To be compared with HBOs Last week tonight… where neither ATT nor HBO have control of the content
    gatorguy

  • US Apple Watch sales and import ban: What you need to know

    chelinchelin
    doggone said:
    Buying them isn't so easy.  TH ecurrent market cap for MASI is 4.3M.  Back in April it was 3 times as much.  Apple won't want to spend that for a measily O2 sensor.  So licensing would be the way to go if the gov't agrees with the ban.
    What do you mean $4.3M is about the OPEX of 4-7 of engineers in the Bay Area. That put on top on that testers, trials, managers… If Apple would invent one of their own it would cost x10 at a minimum.
    watto_cobra