This guy is my new hero. I'm both enthralled and worried by this article. From The Star: Telco service helps man find 'friend':
Firstly, that is a brilliant and cheap anti-theft device.FRIEND Finder, a service provided by telecommunications companies to locate their users’ friends, helped a man find his stolen car in Johor Baru.
Sin Chew Daily reported that the man, identified only as Mr Ye, had used the service
as an anti-theft device for over a year.He kept a phone activated with the service in his Toyota Camry car.
On Sunday, Ye found that his car parked in Permas Jaya was missing at about 9.30pm.
He traced his “friend” in the car and the response showed that the vehicle was in Taman Nusa Bistari 2. “After a three and a half hour search in the housing estate, I recovered my car by the roadside,” he said.
Ye encouraged the public to use this cheap and useful service, saying that his anti-car theft device was only a cellphone that cost less than RM100 and a pre-paid service card.
Secondly, how is it that this company has access to finding out where I am anytime of the day? I mean, sure they need my express permission to activate it, but that means someone in Maxis could probably still have access to my whereabouts. That's worrying.
