{"id":6661,"date":"2017-02-20T14:20:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T14:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6661"},"modified":"2017-02-01T14:26:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T14:26:47","slug":"linked-dutch-filmmaker-intentionally-lets-his-phone-get-stolen-in-order-to-follow-its-path-through-spyware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/02\/20\/linked-dutch-filmmaker-intentionally-lets-his-phone-get-stolen-in-order-to-follow-its-path-through-spyware\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Dutch Filmmaker Intentionally Lets His Phone Get Stolen In Order to Follow Its Path Through Spyware&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3301,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/laughingsquid.com\\\/dutch-filmmaker-intentionally-lets-his-phone-get-stolen-in-order-to-follow-its-path-through-spyware&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20161220161303\\\/http:\\\/\\\/laughingsquid.com:80\\\/dutch-filmmaker-intentionally-lets-his-phone-get-stolen-in-order-to-follow-its-path-through-spyware\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 03:42:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 18:53:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 18:53:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/dutch-filmmaker-intentionally-lets-his-phone-get-stolen-in-order-to-follow-its-path-through-spyware\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via LaughingSquid<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Dutch filmmaker Anthony van der Meer decided to intentionally allow a thief to steal his mobile phone in order to find out what happens afterwards, using spyware that he installed ahead of time. The resulting film, entitled \u201cFind my Phone\u201d shows how just much information a thief can get with someone else\u2019s phone.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This video ended up becoming something I never expected. It really was great and unfortunately too long for most Internet Citizens\u2019 attention spans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via LaughingSquid: Dutch filmmaker Anthony van der Meer decided to intentionally allow a thief to steal his mobile&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-02-20T14:21:04Z","apple_news_api_id":"93f2c757-4d59-49df-93b5-52283e09d8ac","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-02-20T14:21:04Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Ak_LHV01ZSd-TtVIoPgnYrA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Jr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6138,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/05\/linked-news-feed-fyi-further-reducing-clickbait-in-feed\/","url_meta":{"origin":6661,"position":0},"title":"Linked: \u201cNews Feed FYI: Further Reducing Clickbait in Feed\u201d","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Facebook Newsroom: We\u2019ve heard from people that they specifically want to see fewer stories with clickbait headlines or link titles. These are headlines that intentionally leave out crucial information, or mislead people, forcing people to click to find out the answer. For example: \u201cWhen She Looked Under Her Couch\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6330,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/10\/25\/technology-automatic-pro-and-lite-and-a-sub-par-product\/","url_meta":{"origin":6661,"position":1},"title":"Technology: Automatic Pro and Lite and a Sub-Par product","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019m pretty upset with how Automatic handled their 2016 product lineup. First, some background: I pre-ordered the Automatic in 2013. I\u2019ve covered the device extensively on this blog both the good and the bad and It think their V2 product made this a mainstream and awesome device.\u00a0 Here\u2019s my past\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rants&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rants","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/rants\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Automatic Pro Issues","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5349\/29928914194_50642a21ce_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4928,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/09\/09\/linked-what-its-like-to-have-the-oldest-phone-in-san-francisco\/","url_meta":{"origin":6661,"position":2},"title":"Linked: &#8220;What It&#8217;s Like to Have the Oldest Phone in San Francisco&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via Gizmodo: It has an alarm clock and a timer, and when you press the little button in the center it becomes a flashlight. Great article but not one mention on the battery life. This thing probably lasts 5 days on a charge.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7122,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/10\/16\/linked-a-small-screen-ipod-an-internet-communicator-and-a-phone\/","url_meta":{"origin":6661,"position":3},"title":"Linked: &#8220;A small-screen iPod, an Internet Communicator and a Phone&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Asymco: We know that Rolex produces about 1 million watches a year and we also know that Rolex had sales of $4.7 billion in 2016. The average revenue per watch[1] was therefore about $4,700. 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