Ever had a smartphone stolen? Nine times out of 10, you never hear of it again. Even tools such as Find My iPhone don't usually work; too often, the thief is smart enough to wipe the phone and destroy its SIM card.

But for one user, the theft of her iPhone on vacation in Spain at the end of July was only the beginning of the story. The thief, it seemed, had not turned off the feature that uploaded photos to Dropbox whenever the phone was connected to Wi-Fi. Not only that, he sent her a message on Facebook.

Now that anonymous user has turned these inadvertent updates from the thief into a Tumblr, "Life of a Stranger Who Stole My iPhone." It now has 14,000 readers.

Those readers have discovered that the alleged thief's name is Hafid, he lives in Dubai with roommates, and that he is interested in costumes, cars and selfies. Apparently he is still unaware that his photos are being shared — though that hasn't stopped a few hundred Tumblr commenters from pretending to be Hafid.

This isn't the first time a gadget's unauthorized owner has been exposed via the stolen device. In April, a stolen laptop started sending surreptitious pictures from its new home in Tehran. Last year a tourist on a Disney cruise discovered her phone had been snatched by a Disney employee; she posted the employee's pictures to Facebook.

Below are some of his photos and updates.
http://lifeofastrangerwhostolemyphone.tumblr.com/

The tumblr page is quite narrative
What a way to nail an iPhone thief
2days back it was a Nigerian sergeant caught on video
Now Hafid's life is been broadcast globally unto the Internet from 'far away' Dubai
Sweet revenge

How did I even get here

Come on people let's get this thread to FP
The fumble is very hilariously written full of sarcasm even

fiscalcliff: Come on people let's get this thread to FP
The fumble is very hilariously written full of sarcasm even

Grammer na for dictionary

jreyez:


Grammer na for dictionary

lol!

Stolers

Sticked

Now what?!

phone stolen from spain, ended up in dubai. what is stoping her from going to dubai to get the phone rather than stalk a a complete stranger who might not be the one that stole the phone.

only part i found odd is he sent her a message on facebook meaning he konws her or what? well na she sabi.

the guy probably believes the dropbox is a default app that stores his pics automatically

I love it when things like this happen

fiscalcliff: Come on people let's get this thread to FP
The fumble is very hilariously written full of sarcasm even

lol mr oxford

Hmmm

Nawaoo!! Nawaotically

igotya is also a nice app that works well on iphones but if person carry your phone for naija, he go 1st comot ur sim b4 doing any other thin and unfornately, wifi no dey everywhere.

See the guy face self, ole na him the guy be.

Blah Blah Blah Blah

Hmmmmm!

E fit even be say the guy just go buy UK used Iphone(for him mind)
Awoof don purge am! Spain used bought in Dubai

na so nigga's for here go steal phone con take pictures with am, you've been so bursted, 5.0 is at your doorstep

This is funny [color=#990000][/color]

That is why im gooingg for -android!!!

Let us do for him e-jungle justice

Ok na,I don hear
*back to my position waiting for d old foooool*

okay

So dis malaysia wey i wan go do runz no go work again nawa o