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Author:  Spreadie [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:06 pm ]
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This cheered me up.

clicky
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:37 pm ]
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I remember reading about this. The story I read was from the POV of the victim.
Author:  Linux_User [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:49 pm ]
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How hard would it be for a thief to disable this feature? Can it be done from the phone?

If not, this feature is sheer brilliance and it'd make getting a MobileMe subscription worth it.
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:23 pm ]
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Warms your heart, doesn't it? :D
Author:  saspro [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:55 pm ]
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Linux_User wrote:
How hard would it be for a thief to disable this feature? Can it be done from the phone?

If not, this feature is sheer brilliance and it'd make getting a MobileMe subscription worth it.



You can't disable it.

It's the only reason I paid for a mobileme subscription.
Author:  curiousclive [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:38 pm ]
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Does it survive a change of sim card?
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:00 pm ]
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That sounds like a really smart feature.
Author:  big_D [ Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:42 am ]
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curiousclive wrote:
Does it survive a change of sim card?

It is based on the iPhone IMEI code/serial number, AFAIK. It works on the iPod Touch as well - as long as it is in range of a Wi-Fi network.

The only way to beat it, currently, is to turn the iPhone off and never turn it back on...

Actually, not sure what jailbreaking will do... But as it is firmware based, unless they can reprogram the IMEI or serial number, it should even work then.

Windows Mobile supports the remote wipe aspect and should, in theory, be able to track the location of GPS enabled WM 'phones.

I believe the corporate deployment tool for the iPhone has at least the remote wipe, when not the tracking feature.
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