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Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone by Shank on Thursday August 04, 2016 @02:55AM (#12223882)
The latest version of iOS does turn on low power mode as part of lost mode. I agree, though, that making it super adversarial would be both fun and useful against theft.
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Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone by gozur88 on Thursday August 04, 2016 @05:17PM (#12228550)
The problem with those kinds of ideas is thieves will know ahead of time, and they'll be prepared. They'll pull the battery, or isolate it, take the sim. They'll take it to "this guy I know" who has figured a way around the security feature.

The people who are really going to be in a bind are the totally unprepared legitimate owners who've been hacked.

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