The homeowner has doorbell footage of nearly a dozen people throughout the years showing up to his front doorstep because their lost phones were traced to his address through the app.
Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan is echoing a Richmond dad's call to Apple to fix a false 'Find My iPhone' ping that he says puts lives at risk.because of what the homeowner calls a glitch on the "Find My iPhone App" has gained national attention but Apple still hasn't responded, or at the very least said whether they will look into the matter, our sister station KTRK reported.
The homeowner, Scott Schuster, has doorbell footage of nearly a dozen people throughout the years showing up to his front doorstep because their lost phones were traced to his address through the app. "I am concerned about citizens going out and trying to do an investigation over a stolen phone," Fagan said. "Luckily, they went to the home of an innocent person, a law-abiding citizen. You're putting yourself at risk.""They need to know they can be arrested for criminally trespassing at this gentlemen's home once he tells them that he doesn't have the phone and tells them to leave.
"I want it fixed," Schuster told Eyewitness News on Tuesday. "My kids will sleep more peacefully at night. My daughter had a hard time sleeping after we had that incident."
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