Armed robbery at Boston Apple Store, 69 phones stolen from festival, and more from the App...
In the latest Apple crime roundup, Find My iPhone solves thefts nationwide -- as does a telltale lock screen photo of a smiling couple
The latest in an occasional AppleInsider feature: This week in Apple crime.
Two other theft victims have taken to Twitter to attempt to catch their iPhone thief:
The latest in an occasional AppleInsider feature: This week in Apple crime.
A knifepoint robbery on Boylston Street Apple Store
Police in Boston are looking for a man who they say carried out an armed robbery at the flagship Apple Store on Boylston Street. According to The Boston Globe, the man took two pairs of Beats headphones from the store, and knifed an employee on the way out.69 phones stolen from music festival
69 cell phones were stolen from attendees of the Shaky Beats Music Festival in Atlanta, but were later tracked to an area FedEx store. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a woman whose phone was stolen used the Find My iPhone feature to track her phone to the store, where it was found, along with the 68 others, in a pair of boxes.Find My iPhone and iCloud solve a theft
In other Find My iPhone news, the feature led to the recovery of an iPod in Canada last month. According to Global News, an iPod was stolen from a car. But soon after, the iPod's owner began receiving photos, taken by the thief, on their iPhone. A Find My iPhone search discovered the location, and police arrested the man, charging him with possession of stolen property obtained by crime under $5,000 and failure to comply with a probation order.iPhone X smuggled out in pants
Police in Hollywood, Fla., are looking for a man who they say stole an iPhone X from a safe at a Cricket Wireless store. According to Local 10 the man had asked to use the bathroom in the back of the store, grabbed the iPhone from an unlocked safe, and snuck it out of the store in his pants. The man was caught on security cameras.Picture brings stolen iPhone back to couple
Police in Portland, Ore. recovered a stolen iPhone, but didn't know who it belonged to. Their only clue was the phone's lock screen photo, which depicted a smiling couple. According to KATU, police shared the photo of the couple on social media, someone recognized them, and they got their phone back.Two other theft victims have taken to Twitter to attempt to catch their iPhone thief:
Had my iPhone stolen in Intu Derby earlier today and this was just uploaded to iCloud. Please RT to help find the culprit. #FindMyIphone #Derby #Intu pic.twitter.com/KusewR9LA6
-- Lem (@91lem)
I've been tracking my dads stolen iPhone all over STL for the past 30 minutes and it's gettin pretty exciting folks pic.twitter.com/bBbhDTpxIa
-- Mike (@mcwizzardz)
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What if, for example, my iPhone is lost, stolen, or broken (and they aren't paired to any device); how would I then pair the AirPods to its replacement iPhone if they've been locked to that iPhone.
I suppose that AirPods and their case connecting to Apple device that supports that W-series chip could "phone home" every time they connect but that means that your devices will need to be connected to the internet to pair. Even if it's just for new pairings, that could be problematic.
Then there's always bypassing the benefits of the W-series chip to do the standard BT pairing, which I think is out of Apple's hands since Apple can't make Android, Windows, or any other BT-capable device of pairing headphones "phone home" to see if the headphones have been listed as stolen or not.
I like the notion, but I don't see anything that mentioned that would make it a feasible.
I'm wondering if one should have to unlock an iOS device before shutting it off or turning on airplane mode. If airplane mode hadn't been overlooked the woman wouldn't have been able use find my iPhone to lead her to the FedEx office.
I removed Control Center access from the lock screen. It would be nice to have the option to require the pass code to turn the phone off. I'd take my chances with not using a code for AirPlane mode, but if Apple threw it in I wouldn't complain.
https://www.androidcentral.com/airpods-android-seriously
BTW Android Central is the other half of Rene Ritchie and iMore. All the same group.
2) The beauty of the AirPods for Apple is that they are a low-cost Apple product that could help Android users see that Apple does make quality products with an added value that go beyond basic benchmarks or some anti-Apple person saying "Apple is only about marketing." I can easily see the AirPods helping to attract switchers to the iPhone and other major Apple products.