In his day I really liked Find my iPhone, since it gave us an extra point of security in case the iPhone was stolen or lost. But today a news has jumped that throws all this a little overboard, and that is that Apple did not think quite well about this.
It turns out that the Find my iPhone service, just by having the iPhone turned on can be deactivated from the same phoneor, thereby destroying our chances of recovering it if the person who owns it after having lost it or having suffered theft knows what this is about.
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I do not think it is a failure. In fact I think it is something intentional. The least you would like would be for someone to be able to hack into your account in some way and to be able to control where you are at all times (through the GPS location of your phone) or to be able to erase all your information without your consent at the touch of a button ... it has It is up to the user to decide whether or not it can be used.
Both positions have their advantages and disadvantages, but for example if you forget your phone somewhere, you can easily recover it using this method (not everyone is a bad person nowadays although there is a lot of vandal loose) but if it is stolen and said person controls a little that the issue is going the thing is more difficult ... you have to think about everything and there is no perfect solution.
It's the Settings / General / Localization thing, right?
Because I saw it yesterday and thought about this but it seemed very strange ...
You just have to add the possibility of entering a pass to activate / deactivate the service and that's it.
this by having the terminal protected with a password would be fixed. do not?
Well, I think this was something evident from the beginning, right? Does any GPS detect any signal while it is off? Well, neither does the iPhone.
Let's see this is like putting a lock on the bicycle and leaving the key hanging from the handlebar, right? so difficult is it to put a password to activate and deactivate this service? And if you hurry me, why not instead of having to put the password in the phone to remove it, we would have to put it in the computer program? it would not be safer. The program is a bit botched.
I already mentioned that a week ago, when I had been testing the service with the Gold Master for a day. Find my iPhone is of little use in the event of theft as:
1) The thief can disable the functionality in Settings, no password is required.
2) The iPhone to send its location or receive a request for it must be connected to a network, usually 3G. If the thief turns off the telephone function and the mobile is without an Internet connection, it is impossible for him to send his position.
3) On the other hand, if they steal the mobile and do not turn it off, before going to see where it is with Find my iPhone, I think it would be much more logical to call our mobile, to see who picks it up, don't you think? Come on, I would trust that more than sending an alert through "Find my iPhone", which on the other hand can also be done by SMS unless the card has been changed.
4) Even assuming that the thief does not disconnect the function, does not turn off the mobile, do not take our call and ignore the messages, it is not much use to show us the position on a map, since what it offers us is a approximate area of where it can be. I don't think anyone is running there to see who's carrying their iPhone down the street, or if it's floors, knocking on doors in every building until someone says "yes, I have your iPhone."
In other words. The function is excellent if you have forgotten it somewhere and do not know where, but in case of theft it is almost better to forget about the gadget.
And being a bit old, making a missed call to yourself to find out where the mobile is has worked very well for years, as long as it is not silent, of course.
ChoPraTs:
I think you have opened the eyes of thousands of people with that explanation. From now on they will see everything worse, hehehe.
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if they put the disconnection of the gps by password part is solved.
at least it gives you a little more time. if not, they turn it off of course.
If the gps is integrated with the imei number, and when it connects to the network, does it send the signal with the coordinates?
I suppose that as power you can do something. but of course, nothing is 100% effective. blocking by serial number through the itunes store.
I think there are many options ...
For now, if I found an iPhone, I know how to keep it without being found! although since I would not like anyone to keep mine, I would try to locate the owner and return it "if I'm stupid."
another thing a bit apart, I have a GPS tracker on the iPhone. and by entering any browser and entering the password and username (with the app open of course) it tells you in real time where your phone is.
and saves the position of the last time you opened the app.
It can be useful if someone decides to open the application at home. and very curious to see where it goes on the map. very spy movie! ^^
If you use your iphone with a security key, that is, to unlock it, it asks you for the key, they will not be able to deactivate the Find my iphone option
I agree with the wolf, it makes me feel sorry for a geek like us to run out of his device, what he would do is gossip about it, photos, videos, apps… is that I am a gossip.
Let's see ... if they want to handle it, they handle it.
the important thing is to know if you have left it in the car, at home or at work.
The practical point of the message is that if you activate the function to beep it will be beep for a couple of minutes even if it is silent, so if you have it lost in the room you will hear it and if it has been sent to you it will be beeping until the friendly citizen who has found it returns it to you so you can enter the security code to unlock the phone and be able to stop the happy beep. (Or in case some fool still carries the iPhone without a security code?
It is not the antitheft panacea but honestly it gives me more peace of mind (and it also reassures my relative that no one can see her photos)