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Apple ought to be able to determine these concentrations/pathways of known-stolen phones with a query to whatever database backs Find My. The query may be easy

by ISL 4y ago

Apple ought to be able to determine these concentrations/pathways of known-stolen phones with a query to whatever database backs Find My. The query may be easy for the most-egregious operators. It may be in Apple's interest to look for them, too. "Don't steal Apple phones. A trillion dollar company will pay a data scientist to bust you at scale."

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dboreham 4y ago
"Find my Thief"
formerly_proven 4y ago
Find My doesn’t leak device location to Apple, so they do not have this data. (iirc it works something like this: the device includes a public key in its broadcasts and nearby devices encrypt their location for that key and send that blob to iCloud)
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  I can go to iCloud.com in a browser and ping my phone’s location. They may not be initiating these pings or storing the data, but it’s well within their capacity.
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    (To be clear: no AirTags in this view. Macs, iPhones, iPads, Watches, and AirPods.)
  - benmanns 4y ago
    You could also voluntarily share the device location with Apple and friends as part of reporting it stolen. I don’t really care if Apple knows where my stolen phone is after it’s stolen.
- meindnoch 4y ago
  You’re conflating Find My (Mac/iPhone) with AirTags.