Civil Liberties

About six months ago we had a knock on our door and there were two policemen there. They politely explained they had pinged an "iphone of interest" to our address and wanted to know what we knew about it. Well, we knew nothing about it and they took our word for it, didn't even ask to come inside, and left their card for us to contact them if we needed to. They also explained that the "ping" wasn't pinpoint accurate. We live in a condo and found out from a neighbor later that they had found the iphone around the corner in a driveway at the building next to ours -- about 200-300 feet distant.

Seemed like the possible inaccuracy of the location ping should be common knowledge to police everywhere. I can certainly sympathize with her complaint.