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Lookout now gives you a play-by-play as thieves steal your phone

29
May
2014

According to Lookout, a company thats in the mobile security business, you were probably at a bar or restaurant and will never see the device again. Lookout has made its business selling those features over the past seven years, and its got a new set of tools that will alert phone owners exactly when it thinks their cellphone is being stolen. Unlike a wallet chain or a location alarm, Lookout has created triggers: behaviors that are atypical to how people usually interact with their devices. That includes things like the ejection of a SIM card, an incorrect password entered several times, or someone disabling the devices administrator on Android.

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