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That’s already being phished despite being in Find My. A local iPhone users Facebook group here regularly gets posts of “I lost my iPhone and then got a text fr
by smileybarry 4y ago
That’s already being phished despite being in Find My. A local iPhone users Facebook group here regularly gets posts of “I lost my iPhone and then got a text from Apple to find it by clicking this link, should I?”, text sent by the thieves.
Adding a similar real interface (even if delivered by Find My and not texts) would just make phishing more successful. That’s why Apple Support/2FA prompts are verbose popups on every device you own at the same time.
- pathartl 4y agoSo the answer to thwarting crime is just to have every device lucked and make the machines completely useless? Which just indirectly makes transferring the device to legitimate next owners harder? I get it, people are conditioned to vendor lock in because of cell phones. In reality it's incredibly wasteful. I'm still not convinced the current way of doing things is best for the consumer.
- Veen 4y agoIt makes transferring the device to a new owner slightly harder. But it takes two minutes to remove the activation lock. If the trade-off is protecting owner privacy/disincentivizing thieves and forcing sellers to make a two-minute config chance, it think it's worthwhile.
- smileybarry 4y agoHow completely useless? If you bought a locked phone (Android included!) or Apple device from someone, you just ask them to remove & unlock it. At worst they recover their Apple ID and then remove it. Otherwise, you get your money back (almost sure a court will side with you if necessary).