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Remember that you have to explicitly enable this feature. Remote wipe is NOT enabled by default.

• kevingadd 14y ago
  It's too bad the feature is named 'Find My Mac' instead of 'Remote Wipe'.
  • taligent 14y ago
    I know. Remote Wipe is part of Find My Mac. And it's not enabled by default.
    • cstejerean 14y ago
      You know. Many others don't, and some of those that do just want the finding without the wiping.
  • sirn 14y ago
    Perhaps Apple need to reword their warning message[1] to scare people away from enabling it. The only indication that user is going to enable Remote Wipe is a little "erase a lost Mac" text, which I guess most people will just ignore it. [1]: http://cl.ly/image/3u1D3F1W0m0B http://cl.ly/image/3u1D3F1W0m0B
  • codeka 14y ago
    I really do think these things should be separate, with separate enabled/disabled settings. Especially on the iPhone/iPad where a lost device (i.e. behind the couch or something) is far more common than a stolen one.
    • ralfd 14y ago
      I don't know. I travel a lot per train and losing my iPhone there or at a random bar/party I certainly want to remote wipe it.
      • sigkill 14y ago
        But if you have enabled a 4-digit pin, why worry?
  • k-mcgrady 14y ago
    Remote wipe is a feature or Find My Mac.