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As for the neighbour, he doesn't want to be named. However he has told CBC Sudbury he did not take the laptop, and believes the app is malfunctioning, and noted

by adolph 4y ago

As for the neighbour, he doesn't want to be named. However he has told CBC Sudbury he did not take the laptop, and believes the app is malfunctioning, and noted he has read comments online about cases of that happening with the Find My app. I think the police did the right thing. When police are involved there is too much opportunity for something tragic to occur out of misunderstanding. Filing a police report with the evidence you have is the right thing to do because the link of device to account is not some sacrosanct transaction. I've been involved in a "Find My" mixup, where I was texted that the device of an elderly person totally unrelated to me was somehow assigned and locked to my Apple ID. Could that have been a scam? Find My showed the device to be in a wealthy neighborhood but there was no way I would give someone else my credentials to unlock the device. If I had seen that device on my own "Find My" and requested police support to retrieve the device based on that information--that would have been a grievous wrong against that person. This isn't to accuse the claimant of misdoing but to say that the evidence required to violate a domicile or body in the absence of imminent danger should be more than what is essentially a blip on an app.

Doxin 4y ago
> When police are involved there is too much opportunity for something tragic to occur out of misunderstanding. You do realize that the police have influence here? Having the police not come and help because what boils down to "we might shoot someone" is asinine. If they are so afraid of causing something tragic, let them leave their toys at home when they confront the potential phone thief. > If I had seen that device on my own "Find My" and requested police support to retrieve the device based on that information--that would have been a grievous wrong against that person. Clearly find my shouldn't be used as sole evidence here, but it sure is enough evidence to ask for the phone in question to be handed over to the police so they can do some quick ownership checking. Heck just the IMEI number for the phone should be plenty to verify the true owner, don't even need the phone in hand for that.

by adolph 4y ago

Doxin 4y ago

> When police are involved there is too much opportunity for something tragic to occur out of misunderstanding. You do realize that the police have influence here? Having the police not come and help because what boils down to "we might shoot someone" is asinine. If they are so afraid of causing something tragic, let them leave their toys at home when they confront the potential phone thief. > If I had seen that device on my own "Find My" and requested police support to retrieve the device based on that information--that would have been a grievous wrong against that person. Clearly find my shouldn't be used as sole evidence here, but it sure is enough evidence to ask for the phone in question to be handed over to the police so they can do some quick ownership checking. Heck just the IMEI number for the phone should be plenty to verify the true owner, don't even need the phone in hand for that.