Sometime you don’t need an expensive anti-theft car system to protect or recover back your vehicle from being stolen. There are cheaper and more convinent alternative to do that.

The story of 1 car owner who relied on telco’s Friend Finder service to get back his stolen car is very insightful for other car owners. The mobile phone equpped with that service, is kept secretly on the stolen car, and with the service’s guidance, the car manage to be tracked and recovered.

This prove that simple mobile technology is useful for other purpose too, including keeping your belonging safe . 

The article didn’t mention which telco service he is using, but Maxis and Digi are curently offering these service.