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Photographer John Heller had $ 9000 worth broadcasts, stolen on a shoot in Hollywood. After abandoning all hope of ever getting his Nikon D3 back, he checked with a site called GadgetTrak, which scans Flickr and other sites loading images for photos, matching serial number his DSLR.
After a few seconds he found shots with serial numbers, matching its D3 belonging to a professional photographer. With the help of police, he returned to his outfit and now tracking service to recommend a site for LAPD detectives on the hunt for fugitive Chambers.
Want to try? You can search for services free of charge. Currently 10 million serial numbers and checks websites like 500px.com and Flickr for recent shots. Also note that you probably have to write the serial number of your camera ASAP this is working correctly.
Many of those posts, a little self serving but it's great to see that people are reunited with their gadgets so often these days (this tale of stolen laptop especially mixing) that it makes me wonder why someone trying to gank anything electronic.
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