News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone. Parent comment

Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone by corobo on Thursday August 04, 2016 @05:13AM (#12224347)
or more likely annoy the thieves until they launch it into a river.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone by amazon_not on Thursday August 04, 2016 @05:39AM (#12224424)
That's still a net benefit. If theives learn that stolen iPhones are both annoying and unprofitable then they'll stop stealing them. Especially if they know the iPhones are being tracked and that they are at risk of being caught.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone by koenigdavidmj on Thursday August 04, 2016 @12:34PM (#12226687)
And that's the last iPhone they try to steal.
[ Parent | on HN ]