Posted on 07/10/2018 11:31:09 AM PDT by CodeJockey
Just so sad that someone did not clock one or two of them! Times sure have changed!
They snatched up those laptops like jerked monkey meat in a Monrovia food market.
So, steal a bunch of very expensive GPS units. That have microphones. And cameras. GENIUS!
If Apple called the cops, then they’re racist.
You can take the thief’s picture but you can only brick the iPhone/iPad. There is no way to change what appears on the lock screen. The tracking is still there though. I agree that would be nice to be able to put a “This iPhone/iPad is stolen” screen on it. . . But it may just be lost.
The iPhones and iPads are completely useless to a thief. They can never be re-activated without the original owner’s AppleID and passcode. Unless the original owner has released them from that tether, they can’t be re-stored to operational status.
So, these ‘thieves’ were triply stupid..................
Well said my FRiend.
The phones, iPads and computers can all be tracked.
The stupid Thieves will be caught.
Some people on FR might not like Apple but it is a brilliant company that truly changed the world with its products.
Yes they will. The demo models are directly linked to Apple, and signal them with a "Find my iPhone" alert with location.
A few years ago my iPad was lifted by someone at a downtown SF store. When I got home, I tracked it from another device as it wandered around SF. Meanwhile, I sent messages to the screen with a contact number and asking it be returned, with a reward. I created an incident report with the police and BART authorities. It appeared to stop moving around at a downtown hotel and I forwarded that information to the police. Later that evening, I decided I waited enough and sent a command to wipe the device of all data. After that, if anyone tried to use it, it would display a message to connect to Apple iTunes for use. Without my ID, it was useless. I suspected it was a tourist, as they were at a hotel.
I got lucky, two weeks later BART notified me that it was turned in at BART. I asked them if anyone left contact information as I would give a reward, and they said it was turned in anonymously. Tourist must have given up thinking of using the iPad, and turned it in before leaving SF. I had it in an iPad travel bag, with other items, all was there. Side note, this showed me that the BART employees were honest enough to see it returned to the rightful owner (me). The Apple tracking system works!
Police are now hunting for the suspects, whom they described as four or five black males between 16 and 18 years old. They believe a getaway driver was also involved.
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