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About This Page: This is a discussion on Computers/Tech/Photo within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. Some low-down, dirty, rat**** mother****er stole my iPod out of my truck last night, along with the Belkin car-charger I had.
Apple knows the serial number of every iPod sold.
Some low-down, dirty, rat**** mother****er stole my iPod out of my truck last night, along with the Belkin car-charger I had.
Apple knows the serial number of every iPod sold. They also know serial number of each iPod that has been connected to iTunes (along with the IP address from which the connection to the internet is made). In addition, they have the name, address, and telephone number of everyone who purchases music through iTunes.
So why the **** doesn't Apple have the ability to do anything when someone reports their iPod stolen? They should easily be able to maintain a list of serial numbers from stolen iPods and ensure that, at the very least, anyone in possession of that iPod is able to obtain music or other services from iTunes. At the very most, they should be reporting users who attempt to attach stolen iPods to their computers and iTunes to the police.
I know, I know. There are so many of these things that it'd be a major hassle for any law-enforcement office to do anything about it. That's not the point. The point would be that maybe these things wouldn't be such hot commodities if they were trackable in a way similar to cell-phones.
I am so ****ing pissed I could ****.
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I agree that there needs to be some kind of compensation for the actual songs you've purchased for download through the iTunes store. Apple needs to be responsible for that.
Apple knows the serial number of every iPod sold. They also know serial number of each iPod that has been connected to iTunes (along with the IP address from which the connection to the internet is made). In addition, they have the name, address, and telephone number of everyone who purchases music through iTunes.
A couple of issues here:
1) Apple DOESN'T know the serial number of every iPod sold. At least not to the point that they can tie them to an individual. You honestly think sellers on eBays are reporting their sale info to Apple?
2) iTunes does not even require an internet connection to function.
3) Apple may have billing information, but I'm not sure they are legally able to use it for anthing else without proper authorization.
4) Which doesn't really matter, because I'm going to bet money on whoever stole your iPod isn't going to be purchasing music online with it in the first place. I bet they aren't going to use it at all.
Can anyone confirm that the serial number of the iPod is even broadcast to iTunes? I can purchase and download music without an iPod even connected. I can then disable my internet connection, connect my iPod, and then transfer said music to the player. At what point is the iPod information transmitted to Apple if at all?
I agree that there needs to be some kind of compensation for the actual songs you've purchased for download through the iTunes store. Apple needs to be responsible for that.
Aren't the songs stored on the actual iPod nothing more than copies of the original purchased music on the host computer?
sorry to here about that. that sucks. that guy's an *******! my buddies ipod was stolen too, but thats his own fault. he left it out in the middle of a lockeroom. anyways, i think the poster above is right. apple only knows your serial number if you register it with them and even then its nearly impossible to track. i don't think itunes picks up your ipod's serial number.
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Aren't the songs stored on the actual iPod nothing more than copies of the original purchased music on the host computer?
Yeah, but let's say your house gets robbed. They take your electronics... iPods, computers, etc. Now say you have downloaded a hundred songs from iTunes over whatever period of time. You're out $100. As far as I know, they don't let you recover those files even though you've paid for them.
Wasn't this a topic here a while back? It seems so familiar. Or maybe it was that my roommate at the time of the apartment theft asked the insurance co. about it.
Aren't the songs stored on the actual iPod nothing more than copies of the original purchased music on the host computer?
Yes they are.
And no, iTunes does not relay serial numbers of connecting iPods to Apple, there is no way to track an iPod connecting to a different computer UNLESS the iPod is wiped clean and re-registered (which i don't even know if it's possible to do)
In an effort to drive home the risk of leaving valuables in a parked vehicle, the Santa Barbara Police Department staged a mock car burglary Thursday morning.
With a scrum of TV and newspaper cameras at the ready, a detective posing as a car thief shattered the window of a car on loan from Allstate Insurance, and then made off with a laptop computer.
“It is surprisingly easy to break into a car if you have the right tool,” said Lt. Paul McCaffrey, the spokesman of the Santa Barbara Police Department.
The toothbrush-sized implement used by Detective Craig Rullman is known as a spring-loaded window punch.
Lt. McCaffrey said the number of car thefts in Santa Barbara can reach one a day during the summer months, which tend to be more crime-ridden.
Patrick Torsney of Allstate Insurance said the damage to the car amounted to just over $251.60. If a person has a $250 deductible, he said, the insurance company would cover only $1.60.
The moral of the story is simple: Do not leave valuables inside a parked car. Thieves are often lying in wait nearby, perhaps in the bushes near a popular hiking trail, or in the shadows near the parking lot of a gym, watching for people who leave purses, wallets and iPods in their vehicles.
“We don’t want to make people paranoid, but that little extra prevention can really help you out,” Torsney said.
Yeah, but let's say your house gets robbed. They take your electronics... iPods, computers, etc. Now say you have downloaded a hundred songs from iTunes over whatever period of time. You're out $100. As far as I know, they don't let you recover those files even though you've paid for them.
I'm not sure they should. I mean . . . who's to say what it completely replaceable? With iTunes files, you TECHNICALLY could back them up and store them somewhere safe. Anyone who's spent hundreds of dollars could easily back up those things on a simple jump drive and keep them in a place no one could find them.
Think of how things "used to be", where you have a tower full of CDs that you purchased legally and were stolen. You certainly don't have any extra rights outside of insurance to reclaim that property.
I keep two backups of my purchased online music - one on an external harddrive (it's hidden, but connected, so anyone with enough effort and time is going to take it along with the computer) and on a flash drive that is hidden.
I'll be honest, if I were to lost them all in a theft, or worse, a fire or something like that, getting my iTunes music back is probably very low on the list of things I'll worry about.
Don't leave gadgets in plain sight in your car. Lesson learned.
Both the iPod and the charger were in my center console compartment. They also took several CDs full of picture files, an arm-band radio, my parking pass to the BUR airport, a pair of ray-ban sunglasses, and a pack of gum. The only thing that was "in plain sight" was a half-empty bottle of water.
Don't talk out your ass when you don't know what the real situation was. Lesson learned.
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Last edited by FlyBoeingJets; July 3rd, 2007 at 09:00 AM.
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