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Depends on where you are. In the UK I called the police in Bristol over a “stolen” iPhone. I said I had the Find my IPhone active. They asked me for the login
by kranke155 4y ago
Depends on where you are. In the UK I called the police in Bristol over a “stolen” iPhone. I said I had the Find my IPhone active.
They asked me for the login and they were going to use Find to get to the phone. I got there first and it turns out it was just lost. But I was surprised that they would use it.
- devmunchies 4y agoYou can share your location with other icloud accounts. There is no reason to share login credentials, especially with the govt.
- kranke155 4y agoHad no idea. will keep that in mind.
- 7ewis 4y agoSounds a little invasive asking for the login? If that's genuinely what they do, would be nice if Apple implemented a police version of 'Find my Friends' to let you give them permission to track the device rather than the password.
- danpalmer 4y agoI'd definitely attribute this to ignorance rather than malice. I doubt the police (the person, not the organisation) knows or cares what else can be done with the password, to them it's just the hoop they need to jump through to see what they need to see for the task at hand. I wouldn't imagine they would have the organisational capability to misuse those passwords, other than the individual realising they could look through iCloud photos or something. It's still bad, and Apple should implement a sharing or law enforcement mode for this case, but I doubt it's malicious at the state level.