Can I recover my phone?
April 18, 2014 12:17 PM
I lost my phone in November. I tried using Location History and Where’s My Droid to track it to no avail, then gave up and bought a new phone. Today, I noticed that about a month ago several selfies of a handful of guys in an electronics store had been uploaded to my Google Photos online. There is no location data associated with the photos, and from what I can tell I can't find it on Location History or Where's My Droid now.
Clearly they have access to my accounts on the phone, which poses a security issue, but I'm wondering if there's a way I can track them or find out where the photos were uploaded from.
Clearly they have access to my accounts on the phone, which poses a security issue, but I'm wondering if there's a way I can track them or find out where the photos were uploaded from.
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GPS Version ID 2.2.0.0GPS
Altitude Ref Above Sea Level
GPS Img Direction Ref Magnetic North
GPS Img Direction 32
none of which I think is useful. Google Photos doesn't list any location for it in its own details.
posted by gregoryg at 12:32 PM on April 18, 2014
GPS Version ID 2.2.0.0GPS
Altitude Ref Above Sea Level
GPS Img Direction Ref Magnetic North
GPS Img Direction 32
none of which I think is useful. Google Photos doesn't list any location for it in its own details.
posted by gregoryg at 12:32 PM on April 18, 2014
can you see if they've posted the photos anywhere else using google image search or tineye?
posted by desjardins at 12:44 PM on April 18, 2014
posted by desjardins at 12:44 PM on April 18, 2014
Can we have a link to the images?
Personally I would backup the pictures in case they get deleted, then post this story to Reddit including a link to the images. The audience there is huge and somebody will recognize someone.
posted by w0mbat at 1:37 PM on April 18, 2014
Personally I would backup the pictures in case they get deleted, then post this story to Reddit including a link to the images. The audience there is huge and somebody will recognize someone.
posted by w0mbat at 1:37 PM on April 18, 2014
Have you tried this? it should work, if it's still signed in to your google account(which it should be, if it's uploading photos to that account).
posted by emptythought at 2:06 PM on April 18, 2014
posted by emptythought at 2:06 PM on April 18, 2014
Google's Android device manager should also work, since the phone is still linked to your account.
I would find the location and report to the police. You also have the ability to lock the phone or make it ring loudly, if you can deal with a confrontation.
posted by Tobu at 3:31 PM on April 18, 2014
I would find the location and report to the police. You also have the ability to lock the phone or make it ring loudly, if you can deal with a confrontation.
posted by Tobu at 3:31 PM on April 18, 2014
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