Couldn't they also make the camera snap a photo/take a short video when the criminal turns the phone on, and then send it to the authorities via mobile data?
[QUOTE=Winner;45163072]
I really hope they won't actually say this on screen because that's a good way to get your stolen phone thrown in a lake[/QUOTE]
Like you would get it back anyway
They need to add a function where you can make the phone explode and kill the user
[QUOTE=Winner;45163072][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/eZeOdF.png[/IMG]
I really hope they won't actually say this on screen because that's a good way to get your stolen phone thrown in a lake[/QUOTE]
I'd like to be able to customize the message if it does do this.
I'd change it to "feed me a stray cat"
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;45163052]I thought they already had this.[/QUOTE]
[url=https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3265955?hl=en]yeah basically[/url]
I have it set up on mine,
it allows you to get a pretty exact GPS location, lock the phone or perform a factory reset
[QUOTE=krutomisi;45163131][url=https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3265955?hl=en]yeah basically[/url]
I have it set up on mine,
it allows you to get a pretty exact GPS location, lock the phone or perform a factory reset[/QUOTE]
Yep, Windows phone has the exact same features as well.
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;45163052]I thought they already had this.[/QUOTE]
I don't know if it can be considered a killswitch, but from my PC I can lock my phone and I can erase everything on it, so it's not exactly new.
Kill switches are meant to go further than just locking or wiping the device, they're meant to make it permanently unusable.
[QUOTE=Garb;45163081]Like you would get it back anyway[/QUOTE]
Whatever your opinion on this is, the facts count:
[QUOTE=article]According to a report by the New York State Attorney General, in the first five months of 2014 the theft of Apple devices fell by 17% in New York City.
Meanwhile iPhone robberies fell 24% in London and 38% in San Francisco in the six months after Apple introduced the feature, compared to the previous six months.[/QUOTE]
If having this feature is reducing theft by even 1% then why the fuck not, 38% though is nuts
I fail to see how Apple's activation lock is really a good counter to the stolen iPhone parts/phone market. I mean sure, it lowers the value of a stolen iPhone a lot if activation lock is on, and also lowers the rate of theft, but in the end, if someone really wanted some quick money, they could steal an iPhone, then just hop on eBay and throw up the activation locked phones on there. The newest iPhone (activation locked) can go for $300-$400, and that's free money to a phone thief if he successfully sells said phone at that price, and even if they don't sell the phone as activation locked, they can still sell every part except the motherboard and get a lot of money out of a stolen, activation locked iPhone.
[QUOTE=Winner;45163072][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/eZeOdF.png[/IMG]
I really hope they won't actually say this on screen because that's a good way to get your stolen phone thrown in a lake[/QUOTE]
Sounds like lots of pranks gone wrong too.
[QUOTE=smurfy;45163090]They need to add a function where you can make the phone explode and kill the user[/QUOTE]lethal discharge from the battery
fun fact, a lot of intel sandy bridge+ CPUs have the very same feature
[QUOTE=krutomisi;45163131][URL="https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3265955?hl=en"]yeah basically[/URL]
I have it set up on mine,
it allows you to get a pretty exact GPS location, lock the phone or perform a factory reset[/QUOTE]
I think most people are happy with just the remote wipe / lock function tbh. If the phone is insured anyway, its probably easier just to wipe and lock it and get it replaced than try to recover it.
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