Cops And Robbers Mobile Game
Cyndi Barca
After traveling to nearly 50 countries and 35 U.S. states, I was robbed for the first time abroad. Getting any personal item stolen from you is a horrible feeling. When your cell phone is taken from you, something you rely on for almost everything in life, it feels violating! Well, my cell phone was stolen abroad during my time in Colombia and I want to share what I learned through it all.
As Caitlin and I were walking on the sidewalk, someone on a motorbike snatched my phone out of my hand suddenly. It happened so fast! We both ran back to our hotel where they called the police for us. Thankfully, authorities showed up right away and helped us file a report.
The police told us that they usually catch robbers whether it be the same day that the crime happened or a few days later. Unfortunately, authorities did not find my stolen phone before I had left the country.
The phone I had stolen from me was an iPhone 12 Pro. My current mobile carrier is AT&T and I, thankfully, had gotten their insurance a year prior to this incident just because of how much I travel and the risks that come with either getting my phone stolen, lost or damaged on a trip.
If you experience some bad luck with either getting your phone stolen abroad or simply losing it, there are important tips you must follow to protect everything you have on your mobile device.
In addition, it is best to always have printouts of your documents, such as plane tickets, reservations, health forms, etc. just in case your phone gets stolen abroad. I also recommend traveling with another smart device so that you can connect to the Internet and get in touch with family back home. (During my Colombia trip, I was grateful I had my laptop with me, which I always keep locked up in my hotel room. I also traveled with a tablet too!)
Lastly, I suggest always making sure that your iCloud is always backed up. iCloud usually backs up on WiFi, but now you have the option to back it up on cellular data. (Please note that this may cause you to exceed your cellular data plan.)
If you are able to locate your cell phone after it was stolen abroad, it is best that you let the local police know. If you try to find it yourself, it can put you in big danger. A lot of the times, robbers will try to ransom you to get your belongings back.
If your phone is stolen abroad, it is best to change your passwords right away! The first thing I did was change my iCloud password. Because my iCloud holds all my information for both my cell phone and MacBook Pro, that was the number one thing I took care of off the bat.
Even if you have a passcode on your phone with FaceID, some of these robbers are smart enough to still be able to get into your phone and access your important apps and accounts. If you change your iCloud password, they will not be able to get into your information.
Also remember, nothing is worth your life! If someone comes up to you and wants your belongings, just hand it to them. They are more likely interested in your valuables, such as a phone, camera, wallet, jewelry, etc., than you.
Even though having your phone stolen abroad (or anywhere for that matter) is a bummer, it is a great learning experience. It taught me to always be aware of my surroundings; to be more conscious when using it out in public; to always have everything backed up; to print out important documents when traveling and it also proved that two-factor authentication is important for everything.
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A 30-year-old constable posted with the Local Arms unit of the Mumbai police died in a hospital, days after a gang of robbers and drug addicts allegedly injected him with a poisonous substance on railway tracks here while he struggled to recover his phone from them, an official said on Thursday.
Mr Pawar was standing near the door and was talking on his phone. As the train slowed down between Sion and Matunga stations in Mumbai, an unidentified man standing near the tracks hit Pawar's hand, due to which his mobile phone fell down, he said.
The accused picked up the phone and started running between the tracks. As the train was slow, Mr Pawar got down and started chasing the thief. After some distance, he was surrounded by a group of drug addicts and soon a scuffle broke out between them. They started pushing and manhandling Pawar, the police official said.
"During the scuffle, one of the accused persons injected Mr Pawar with a poisonous substance on his back while others held him," he said, adding that they also poured a red colour liquid in his mouth.
But as his condition worsened, his family members shifted him to a hospital in Thane city. Officials of the Kopri police station recorded his statement and registered a case against unidentified persons. The case was then transferred to the Government Railway Police (GRP) at Dadar.
And when I'm in TikTok's clutches, powerless to stop the cooking tips, pithy album reviews, rug-cleaning videos and clips of people throwing rocks off bridges, there are ads for mobile games. Really weird ads for mobile games.
You'll have seen them too, surely, particularly the ones for Top War: someone talks over footage of what looks like the game, saying they're exposing 'fake game ads on TikTok'. The action you see in these Top War ads suggests it's a simple two-lane runner-type game. If you actually install Top War, however, you will play a few stages of that runner game, and then the 'real' game reveals itself: a strategy builder-battler.
There's history here. These ads are effectively the supercharged, mutant descendants of those saucy 'save me, my lord' Evony banner ads from the late 2000s. Those grubby ads promised a lot more than what the brave souls who clicked through on those banners actually got: a Civilization-style free-to-play game. (Evony, by the way, is not just still going, but is in rude health and part of the modern 'weird mobile game ad' industrial complex. More on that later.)
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