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"Apple also introduced a handy new feature called "Find My iPhone," designed to help iPhone owners who have misplaced their device. Lose the device under the so
by trjordan 17y ago
"Apple also introduced a handy new feature called "Find My iPhone," designed to help iPhone owners who have misplaced their device. Lose the device under the sofa, and users will now be able to send the phone a message ordering it to make a sound. If the device has been stolen, it will now be possible to send an iPhone a command to erase its memory, so that sensitive information is not compromised. "
I smell a security risk.
- DLWormwood 17y agoWhich is the bigger risk? To have somebody else steal your information without you being able to stop them? Or to have somebody destroy information on your own device, which you've likely had to load onto that device via a machine under your control anyways?
- dfranke 17y agoApple also introduced a handy new feature called "Find My iPhone," designed to help iPhone owners who have misplaced their device. Lose the device under the sofa, and users will now be able to send the phone a message ordering it to make a sound. What? Is this a parody?
- GHFigs 17y agoIt is a tie-in to Apple's $99/yr. MobileMe service. You can locate the phone on a map and remotely display a message or play a sound. http://www.apple.com/mobileme/whats-new/ http://www.apple.com/mobileme/whats-new/
- dfranke 17y agoAh, alright; that makes more sense. Journalism fail.
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoThe key missing element is that it will make noise even if in silent mode. Obviously just ringing a lost phone has been a standard "feature" since the first mobile was released.