Man Uses iPhone to Protect Home From Robbers
The Apple iPhone has been growing in popularity quite rapidly and is already the dominant smart phone on the market today due to its huge range of uses for daily life situations, but a new report from Texas has shown that the smart phone has an unexpected utility that many might not have thought about. It turns out that a Dallas, Texas man named Vince Hunter had his iPhone on him while visiting his family in the state of Connecticut, more than 1,500 miles from his Texas house. As he was refueling his car, he received a text message that alerted him to the fact that his home’s motion detectors had been activated. Having experienced previous home break ins, Hunter had purchased a complex security system for the house that included 3 live surveillance cameras capable of streaming their video to any computer or digital device capable of playing video. Using an app known as iCam, Hunter watched the video from his iPhone as the robbery took place. Hunter’s wife also received the message and contacted her husband who asked her to call the security company.
As the break in was attempted, Hunter was able to observe it via his iPhone and even see the police when they arrived. The thieves threw 3 bricks at the tempered glass of the home, but were unable to break it until the 4th made it into the Hunter family’s living room. The alarm did scare the thieves off, but Hunter’s iPhone-less neighbor was not as fortunate. His home was cleared out by the robbers only minutes before they tried Hunter’s. Police will now make use of the security camera footage to track down the criminals.
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