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there on April 27, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google docs for android

the "plan b" app was mentioned on reddit the other day when someone posted about his wife going missing.

it's pretty neat that you could remotely install an app like this after your phone is already lost:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb

buster on April 27, 2011 | [–]

Wow, that's neat! I didn't think of that.. But useful app anyway, thanks!

trotsky on April 27, 2011 | [–]

as long as it's you doing the installing.

of course, the context in which it was mentioned on reddit was a husband installing it on his wife's phone to locate her.

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