This is the power of technology. Big brother will be watching you all the way. Everything can be traced in the near future.
Until the next time, cheers.
Steve Jobs … house ransacked. Photo: AP
PALO ALTO, California: Kariem McFarlin told police he was
desperate for easy cash when he saw a Palo Alto home being renovated,
hopped over the fence, found a spare key and went inside. No lights, no
alarm, no one home. Then he discovered what hallowed ground he was on:
the home of the late Apple chief executive Steve Jobs.
Alone and with the run of a house belonging to one of the richest and most secretive families on the planet, McFarlin made off with some of the legendary gadgets Mr Jobs helped create, police said. He grabbed iPhones, iPads, Macs and iPods, then found Mr Jobs's wallet - with a single dollar inside - and took his driver's licence.
Police said he also snatched $US60,000 ($49,000) worth of jewellery and champagne, a soda maker and kitchen blender.
Ultimately, it was Apple's technology that allowed a Silicon Valley high-tech crime taskforce to track down the alleged burglar.
Police said when McFarlin, 35, used the stolen devices to connect to the
internet with his iTunes account, Apple investigators were able to
identify him using an IP address. After gathering more evidence, police
went to his apartment in Alameda, California, and found many of the
items he allegedly stole. Then he confessed and wrote a letter of
apology to Jobs's widow, police said.
''What an idiot,'' said McFarlin's former boss, Ross Rankin. ''There's certain things you don't do, and burglary is one of them, but burglarising an icon like that, that just puts yourself pretty much in the deep hole.''
McFarlin was arrested on August 2 and is in jail in lieu of $US500,000 bail. He is due in court next week.
Police said McFarlin told investigators he was down on his luck and had been sleeping in his car before breaking in to a few homes.
The report said McFarlin got into the grounds by climbing scaffolding after construction crews renovating the home had gone home for the day. He walked into an open garage workshop, found a key and walked through the house door, the report said. He realised where he was when he saw a letter addressed to Mr Jobs.
''The best we can tell is it was totally random,'' prosecutor Tom Flattery said.
Mr Jobs's widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, was staying nearby.
San Jose Mercury
Until the next time, cheers.
Jobs catches burglar from beyond the grave
Steve Jobs … house ransacked. Photo: APAlone and with the run of a house belonging to one of the richest and most secretive families on the planet, McFarlin made off with some of the legendary gadgets Mr Jobs helped create, police said. He grabbed iPhones, iPads, Macs and iPods, then found Mr Jobs's wallet - with a single dollar inside - and took his driver's licence.
Police said he also snatched $US60,000 ($49,000) worth of jewellery and champagne, a soda maker and kitchen blender.
Ultimately, it was Apple's technology that allowed a Silicon Valley high-tech crime taskforce to track down the alleged burglar.
''What an idiot,'' said McFarlin's former boss, Ross Rankin. ''There's certain things you don't do, and burglary is one of them, but burglarising an icon like that, that just puts yourself pretty much in the deep hole.''
McFarlin was arrested on August 2 and is in jail in lieu of $US500,000 bail. He is due in court next week.
Police said McFarlin told investigators he was down on his luck and had been sleeping in his car before breaking in to a few homes.
The report said McFarlin got into the grounds by climbing scaffolding after construction crews renovating the home had gone home for the day. He walked into an open garage workshop, found a key and walked through the house door, the report said. He realised where he was when he saw a letter addressed to Mr Jobs.
''The best we can tell is it was totally random,'' prosecutor Tom Flattery said.
Mr Jobs's widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, was staying nearby.
San Jose Mercury
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