Photo taken on stolen Nokia uploaded to Flickr

mikesub says:

This photo was taken on my previous cellphone after it had been stolen. Someone tried to upload it through Shozu to my Flickr account, but the attempt failed due to disabled Shozu-Flickr authorization. So, Shozu automatically emailed it to me. I didn't notice it then (thought it was spam ) and spotted it only yesterday while digging in my gmail archive. Looks similiar to that story about Macbook photobooth you covered in September'07.

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[#1 posted by kiint , February 21, 2008 9:52 AM]

TEH BOXERZ AND BLAK SOX IZ HAWT

[#2 posted by ill lich , February 21, 2008 10:25 AM]

Entitled "Adonis at rest."

[#3 posted by Antinous , February 21, 2008 10:43 AM]

Nice legs, but the socks definitely aren't working with those underoos.

[#4 posted by arussell , February 21, 2008 10:47 AM]

Orbicule had a pretty cool idea for using the built-in iSight cameras on modern Macs to take photos of the thief after the Mac is reported missing.

I wouldn't dare take my laptop anywhere without it...

http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/

[#5 posted by iRoy , February 21, 2008 11:24 AM]

#4:
Try the tricks that various PocketPC apps can do to a phone thief, (#4 although unbricked iPhones can't do this until Apple invents the wheel), it's quite simple:

When the software is installed it doesn't show up on the handset but records the SIMs serial number. When the SIM is changed then the app starts texting the emergency number with the new sims number. You can also send commands back to the new SIM to lock the phone or obtain the phone numbers it's been dialling since you lost it.

for example:
http://www.pocketpc-live.com/pocketpc-softwares/ultimate-theft-alert-v3-for-pocket-pcs.html

[#6 posted by captainbluefish , February 21, 2008 12:09 PM]

I wonder whether someone might have sold the phone to a legitimate used cell retailer. This photo may not have been taken by the thief.

[#7 posted by Todd Sieling , February 21, 2008 1:26 PM]

Oh, Ill Lich you beat me to it. I was going to go for 'Adonis in Repose'

[#8 posted by woid , February 21, 2008 5:00 PM]

I just bought the Orbicule "Undercover" software. Sounds like a great idea. When you report you Mac stolen, they turn on the software remotely (when the thief goes online — if that doesn't happen, there's a Plan B).

It takes periodic screenshots, and snapshots with the iSight camera, which are sent back to Orbicule, along with network info. They say that working with ISPs and cops, they can get your computer back. What the recovery rate has been is another question — their "success stories" page only has three of them. Anybody have experience with this?

[#9 posted by ill lich , February 21, 2008 7:36 PM]

#7 Todd

Great minds think alike-- I considered "repose" but changed my mind as I typed for some reason . . . maybe thinking of the "death" implication of "souls in repose."

"Adonis in Repose" does sound better.

[#10 posted by obdan , February 21, 2008 8:12 PM]

#6
"possession is nine-tenths of the law"

[#11 posted by Takuan , February 21, 2008 8:23 PM]

and the other tenth is my sword point at your throat.
Now hand it over.

[#12 posted by mikesub , February 22, 2008 12:38 AM]

#6: Who said it was sold to a legitimate reseller and who said it was sold? No one knows its fate after it had been stolen.