Re:Apple rolls out new MacBooks, drops prices
by DLWormwood on Monday June 08, 2009 @03:58PM
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Which is the bigger risk? To have somebody else steal your information without you being able to stop them? Or to have somebody destroy information on your own device, which you've likely had to load onto that device via a machine under your control anyways?
Apple also introduced a handy new feature called "Find My iPhone," designed to help iPhone owners who have misplaced their device. Lose the device under the sofa, and users will now be able to send the phone a message ordering it to make a sound.
What? Is this a parody?
It is a tie-in to Apple's $99/yr. MobileMe service. You can locate the phone on a map and remotely display a message or play a sound.
Ah, alright; that makes more sense. Journalism fail.
Re:Apple rolls out new MacBooks, drops prices
by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @05:28AM
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The key missing element is that it will make noise even if in silent mode. Obviously just ringing a lost phone has been a standard "feature" since the first mobile was released.
I smell a security risk.