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Living #DigitallyDark in Real Mobile Theft Situations One of the challengers in our upcoming #DigitallyDark challenge has been #digitallydark before, after truly suffering a smartphone theft. If you want some real #DigitallyDark insight, check out her post on Surviving College:

If you’ve never lost your smartphone before, it’s time to listen up and heed my warnings, for this story is a scary one. Here is the story of the night my phone was stolen while I was studying abroad.

It was an actual dark and stormy night… but I had no idea just how dark it would indeed get…

The scene of the crime? A concert. The result? Best described in the post with actual horror movie music. Yep, that bad. The phone was taken from her purse during the concert.

Yes, she had insurance, but first she needed to tell her parents. That wasn’t fun. The replacement phone? 7-10 days out (her #DigitallyDark period in real life!). And most importantly? The DATA on her phone at risk!

I tend to store important personal information in my phone that I’m afraid I’ll forget right when I need it. Personal information such as my address, bank account number, social security number, etc. I KNOW, OKAY, I KNOW. NEVER AGAIN. YOU JUST LOOK YOUR JUDGMENTAL LITTLE EYES ELSEWHERE. I had been so concerned about my dearest Siri, that the thought hadn’t even occurred to me — she knows so much about me, and who knows what they’d do to her to break her passcode!

Coming straight to the heart of the matter. While recovery of the phone is definitely a priority for most people, deleting that data is actually more important. Thankfully, Absolute LoJack can do both.

Most people are not aware of the severity of mobile thefts. They truly are an epidemic. It’s crazy to think that mobile thefts accounting for 30-40% of robberies in the US, and abroad in major cities too. As a woman, alone, and probably obviously a tourist, in a high risk situation (clubs and concerts offer criminals so. much. opportunity.), she was probably one of the major targets at this concert.

Can you prevent these crimes? You sure can try. Read up on our travel mobile theft prevention tips and these concert theft prevention tips, to start. But be prepared. Install Absolute LoJack.

About the Author

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Arieanna Schweber has been a part of the Absolute Software writing team since 2007. Arieanna was Canada's first female professional blogger and has been professionally blogging since 2006, speaking at leading blogging conferences including BlogHer and Northern Voice. Arieanna has a joint degree in Business and Communications from Simon Fraser University and continues to build communities for Vancouver-based clients.

About the Company Absolute Software(@Absolutecorp) helps businesses and consumers track, manage, secure and recover mobile computers and devices using our patented persistence technology. We license the name "LoJack" from the LoJack Corporation to highlight the similarities between our consumer product, LoJack for Laptops (@LoJackforLaptop), and their stolen vehicle recovery service. Currently Absolute Software has recovered over 30,000 devices in over 100 countries around the world.