Thief steals Eye-Fi-equipped camera, proceeds to give himself away
By Darren Murph 
posted June 5th 2008 5:55PM
posted June 5th 2008 5:55PM
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Damn, that thief is an epic fail!
funny story!
I think next time I go on a trip I'm gonna get me some of these cards.
THE BIGGER STORY HERE is that GPS and WiFi can be used to locate ANYBODY.
We don't need chips implanted in our body for the government to monitor us. We've got cellphones, PSP, DS, and Navigation radios.
Things which nobody is forcing you to use.
Sarig
where were you when the governments of North America started implanting RFID chips in Passports and then america passed the REAL ID ACT which demands you have an RFID REAL ID on you once they start being churned out?
MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T USE ENGADGET TILL YOU LEARN TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE OVERLORDS EVIL DOINGS.
I think he was "taking a load off in Florida"
It wasn't as funny as I'd hoped it would be...
Well, since I royally screwed that one up, nevermind! Damn you Engadget comment system.
Are thieves getting dumber or are electronics just getting smarter? They might need to start a school for thieves to teach them about new technology.
My comment isnt supposed to be here
it was supposed to be at Sam Zebian @ Jun 5th 2008 6:53PM
what gives!!!!
So the theif took a picture of himself and uploaded it somewhere? I don't get it.
EyeFi cards upload automatically
Oh nice...I gotta read up on these. Thats a cool feature.
@Patrick:
only in hotspots that you've associated with the card. i dont see how the photos managed to get uploaded unless the thief went to a hotspot that the owner had previously configured and associated with her eye-fi.
Maybe the hotel she was staying in?!
Maybe "linksys" or "netgear".
possible, but it reeks of a PR stunt.
Any link to the news article, PR report, blog entry, ANYTHING to back up this news story?
I had a quick look around on a couple of news sites, nothing doing.
You've peaked my interest, is this a fake story because it's a slow news day or is it genuine.
Anyone else able to find this info let me know.
If it's fake I'll be p***ed off.
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN0534545220080605?rpc=44
This sounds way too much like publicity stunt. Don't believe it for one second
I agree. Even the "news" reports read like a thinly disguised ad.
Per the Reuters article posted above:
"Luckily, the culprits passed by an unsecured network, whose factory-installed setting matched that of DeLauzon's home system, and the Eye-Fi automatically shipped the photos: first baby pictures, then the snap-happy scoundrels."
This would probably mean that DeLauzon's home wireless net is also unsecured, so please add this to your Hot Spot list :-)
"I opened up the Eye-Fi manager on the computer and, lo and behold, there are the guys that stole our cameras," said DeLauzon, a native of New York's Long Island suburb. "Not only is it the guy who stole our camera ... but the guy took a picture of (his accomplice) holding our other camera."
Normal human beings do not say things like this. Now they might say "I opened up the software" -- but "I opened up the Eye-Fi manager?" That *is* something that someone in Eye-Fi marketing/PR might say. The reality is that companies do seed the media with stories like this and that sometimes lazy reporters pick them up.
@foo.bar
Yes, real people DO talk like this. All the time. I do agree that this might be a PR stunt because it just sounds too fortunate, but it probably is legitimate. Reuters is a very trustworthy source.
Now she can continue making armature porn.
'armature' ?
You, sir, FAIL.
better than stator porn?
@ Rouge_Genius, thanks for pointing that out amateur now I will change my name to: armature_stator. Had to copy and paste both words.
You're welcome. The funniest part is that you misspelled my name in your reply. Granted, that loud whooshing noise above your head probably will continue for the rest of your life, but because the whole thing started with a mis-spelling (read waddaya's attempt @ a witticism), I can't decide whether to high-rank you for the folly or low-rank you for the intended diss. LMAO!!!
Not the most unlucky criminal in the world, just not very up on technology.
Someone should send him a link to engadget.com
If anybody could ever be bothered!
I have my EYE on you.
"Don't even think about it, lunchpail"
-bender
Here is an article, http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=lost-cameras-phone-home-t
Thanks to HardForum
Moral of the story: If you use your camera to take pictures of your significant other (or yourself I suppose) without clothes, do not use a EyeFi card. Unless you roll that way of course... or you GF is hot.
Excellent advertising by the Eye-Fi folks!
"stolen while taking a load off in Florida"
So she was in the crapper when this happened??
Ooh, big fat FAIL for not knowing what the phrase "take a load off" means.
I actually have no idea what that means :/
disconnecting a power circuit?
I'm calling shenanigans. I just checked my eye-fi manager page, and I can't setup things to connect to a random wifi AP. So unless the perp had an AP with the same name and password as the victim, I say it's BS.
I should have read the article first:
Luckily, the culprits passed by an unsecured network, whose factory-installed setting matched that of DeLauzon's home system, and the Eye-Fi automatically shipped the photos: first baby pictures, then the snap-happy scoundrels.
In other words, she's just another dumb user with "linksys" as her AP and no wireless security.
"Luckily, the culprits passed by an unsecured network, whose factory-installed setting matched that of DeLauzon's home system, and the Eye-Fi automatically shipped the photos: first baby pictures, then the snap-happy scoundrels."
It was dumb luck.
Saw SeanR and had to comment.. i was wondering who else registered under that nick since it was taken lol.
Here's a fun little fact I found from Eye-Fi's website:
"Is the Eye-Fi Card available?
Eye-Fi Home, Eye-Fi Share and the Eye-Fi Explore Cards will be available for sale online and at selected retail locations beginning June 6, 2008. The original Eye-Fi Card is currently available for sale online and at selected retail locations."
Would you look at that! They just happen to be relaunching the entire line of cards tomorrow - just a day after this story broke. What a wonderful coincidence.
It's all one big coincidence. The perp walked up to an AP with the exact same settings as the victim AND the press release comes out the day before their newest product release.
good thing they didn't upload my donkey porn and spoil their big coming out party
I have one at home already. I got it off their website last month.
But I wont be home till next month....
*Being stuck in Iraq sucks big ones*
"Luckily, the culprits passed by an unsecured network, whose factory-installed setting matched that of DeLauzon's home system, and the Eye-Fi automatically shipped the photos: first baby pictures, then the snap-happy scoundrels."
yeah, right
My guess is the SSID was "linksys" and the password was ""
Do I win a prize?