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Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone by jhoechtl on Thursday August 04, 2016 @07:32AM (#12224801)
To much power consumption when the phone would likely be already out of the public. But certainly an option
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Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone by mavhc on Thursday August 04, 2016 @07:39AM (#12224831)
Could just phone the police, "Hello I'm an iphone, I am being stolen, my GPS coordinates are ..., and here's a photo of the face of the thief"
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Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone by AJ007 on Thursday August 04, 2016 @09:52AM (#12225457)
Or it could just shock the person holding it until they drop it and run away http://youtu.be/tMa-lwxXWjY

On a serious note, none of these options seem desirable if the Apple account is compromised.

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Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone by k-mcgrady on Thursday August 04, 2016 @10:49AM (#12225863)
Maybe a good Apple Watch use case. As soon as the phone is stolen from you you can activate the alarm using your watch and now the thief is running down the street with an iPhone screaming that it's stolen. I'm guessing they would dump it because they won't get far before a cop hears it if.
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