A Kill Switch for Stolen iPods?

Updated on Monday, July 19, 2010 at 12:55AM by Marc Hinch

Check out our first stoleniPod.com poll. The iPhone is supposed to have a kill switch for applications. Why not the iPod to shut it down.  Maybe it could display a message: "This iPod is Stolen!" "Turn it in to the Police." What do you think?

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The RSS Feed of Stolen iPods - Over 800 iPods Listed

Get the feed... Subscribe in a reader The RSS feed of Stolen iPods is now available from Stolen911.com.  Since October 2007, Stolen911.com allows victims of iPod theft to post information about their stolen iPods.   Over 800 Stolen iPods have been registered with the stolen property website.  This feed is now available for publication. 

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Find your stolen iPod's serial number in iTunes

In order to report your iPod stolen with the police, Apple and a website site registry, you'll need the serial number.  If you did not write it don't worry, you can find the serial number in your iTunes software.

• Open up iTunes and go to HELP...
• then Run Diagnostic...
• then iPod Diagnostics.
• Look for the "last connected iPod serial number".

There will be about 11 digits that are the serial number.   Get those numbers listed on an internet registry.   If anyone runs the number in a search engine like Google, they will know the iPod is stolen.

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