Cops: Suspect took own photo

[markalot]

You can't make this stuff up...

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081027/NEWS0107/310270025/1055/NEWS

[Lonestar]

I'm confused, how did the victim have the SIM card if the suspect snatched the phone away from her??

[ThomasC]

I'm confused, how did the victim have the SIM card if the suspect snatched the phone away from her??
I don't see anything about a SIM card in the article. She had data transferred from the network to her new phone.

[Chespo]

I'm confused, too... deaf people drive? I seriously didn't know that. I assumed that not being able to hear what's going on around you (horns, sirens, yelled warnings) is enough of an impairment to block licensure.

[clonE]

I'm confused, too... deaf people drive? I seriously didn't know that. I assumed that not being able to hear what's going on around you (horns, sirens, yelled warnings) is enough of an impairment to block licensure.

I never thought deaf people couldn't get licensed but I did think your reasons are why people aren't supposed to wear headphones while driving. I've noticed a lot more little white wires hanging out of drivers ears lately though, so I might be wrong about that.

[ThomasC]

I'm confused, too... deaf people drive? I seriously didn't know that. I assumed that not being able to hear what's going on around you (horns, sirens, yelled warnings) is enough of an impairment to block licensure.
Here are the Florida rules:

Hearing - Drivers applying for a license who are deaf, or cannot hear conversation spoken in a normal tone of voice, are restricted to driving with an outside rearview mirror which should be mounted on the left side of the vehicle, or wearing of a hearing aid.

Here's a topic from a forum for deaf people:

http://www.alldeaf.com/deaf-education/49467-drivers-license.html

[berzerker]

...people aren't supposed to wear headphones while driving. I've noticed a lot more little white wires hanging out of drivers ears lately though, so I might be wrong about that.

You aren't wrong about it - the people wearing headphones while driving are.

[Lonestar]

I don't see anything about a SIM card in the article. She had data transferred from the network to her new phone.

Dude, this article was totally changed.. I know it sounds crazy, but I swear it was. Look at some of the early comments like this one from someone named Jashawn:
I am surprised no one is outraged that a cellphone provider can get into your SIM card. The article does not say that the cell provider retrieved a picture that was sent. It says the picture was retrieved right from the SIM card. That means that your address book, pictures, and all text messages are readily available to workers at the cell phone provider.

[markalot]

The enquirer does that a lot, I regret not copying the entire thing like I usually do.

The SIM card doesn't have anything, but if you know your info you can access the phone and take things off of it.

[TripleShockPowa]

Dude, this article was totally changed.. I know it sounds crazy, but I swear it was. Look at some of the early comments like this one from someone named Jashawn:
I am surprised no one is outraged that a cellphone provider can get into your SIM card. The article does not say that the cell provider retrieved a picture that was sent. It says the picture was retrieved right from the SIM card. That means that your address book, pictures, and all text messages are readily available to workers at the cell phone provider.

Hmm. So perhaps if you are a wanted person the police can supponea (sp) the phone company to turn your cell phone into their own personal homing device and look thru your camera?

Paging Orwell, paging George Orwell.

[Shlep]

Hmm. So perhaps if you are a wanted person the police can supponea (sp) the phone company to turn your cell phone into their own personal homing device and look thru your camera?

Paging Orwell, paging George Orwell.

Yes, shocking though it may be to find out, your cellular provider not only can retrieve digitally-stored info such as your archived phone data, but use logged records from your phone to figure out where you've been and where you might be at a given time.

Then again, did you ever wonder how it is you are able to make calls-- and maintain open calls-- when you are out of distance from your local area and/or moving out of range from one cell tower to another cell tower as you would driving a car? It's not all that Orwellian, really.

Fact is all sorts of folks can find you, figure where you are, and maybe deduce where you're going using technological footprints left by cellphones, ATM or credit cards, GPS devices (such as those used by OnStar) and homing signals used by things like LoJac which people buy for the expressed purpose of having their possessions located quickly by the authorities. I'm fairly certain that the ability of law enforcement to track cell usage has saved a few lives, such as when people were kidnapped.

Thus, do not expect privacy where is little or no expectation of it...and don't kidnap people.

[drougan]

Thus, do not expect privacy where is little or no expectation of it...and don't kidnap people.

Or their cell phones.

[Duemellon]

You don't have to be smart to be a criminal.