Turn Your iPhone into a LoJack with Findme
Posted by Adam Pash at 8:00 AM on February 23, 2008
All-things-Apple weblog TUAW details how to set up your iPhone to "phone home" with its faux-GPS location on a regular basis so you always know approximately where your phone is (particularly handy if it turns up stolen). The final setup works like this: the findme command line program (developed by former Lifehacker editor Erica Sadun) grabs your location, the results of which are sent to a private Twitter account you set up exclusively for this purpose. From start to finish this process takes some doing (it's not a simple install-and-use), but if you're willing to take the plunge, the results could be well worth the effort.

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bgraves
Posted 10:39 AM 23/2/08
As cool as this sounds, it will only tell you the location to within a one mile wide radius. So it won't exactly be easy to find.
bgraves
cuiusquemodi
Posted 12:54 PM 23/2/08
Strikes me as more useful for a misplaced iPhone than a stolen one, as in, "Did I leave it at the office or grandma's house?"
cuiusquemodi
a11en
Posted 5:53 PM 23/2/08
Dear Apple- GPS would have been nice....
a11en
Kasakato
Posted 7:23 PM 24/2/08
Theres now an auto-install script in Installer. You still must SSH to update your user name and password though.
Kasakato