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My friend went to Washington DC for a vacation and got mugged with a gun. The muggers made her enter her iCloud password (which she was having trouble rememberi
by 3pt14159 10y ago
My friend went to Washington DC for a vacation and got mugged with a gun. The muggers made her enter her iCloud password (which she was having trouble remembering) so they could turn off the "find my iPhone" feature so they could sell the iPhone. When she stumbled for the second time, one of the two guys said "let's just shoot her and get out of here" the implication being that by the time the cops had come they would have offloaded the iPhone to someone else.
Thankfully she entered it correctly the third time, but it kinda changed my opinion on remote bricking. I don't want someone to want to kill me just so they can make $400 before I can brick the device.
- discreditable 10y agoThat's still a little strange considering that once she reports it stolen, US carriers will blacklist the IMEI and make it unusable here.
- wtk 10y agoIn such scenario you should be able to have a secondary password. Once you type it in, your phone unlocks but is also getting flagged (should look exactly like normal unlock). I know it would be scarry thing when you're at gunpoint..
- 3pt14159 10y agoThe whole experience is just too real for me. Fuck up your password = death. I'd rather just have my thumbprint or something I can't screw up unlock it easily.