Interestingly enough, (at least after downgrading from iOS 7) my phone went into Activation Lock on 6.1.4 and told me I'd need to put in my iCloud password before I could use the phone 
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NYPD Distributing Flyers in New York City Recommending Users to Update to iOS 7
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Way to be a pedant
It is a leaflet - nothing less, nothing more. It is not designed to educate, but merely to inform. It is something most people'll glance at once and throw in the dumpster, anyway.Also, I'm pretty sure the iPhone in the pic is running iOS 7.
Ok spelling perhaps they should get right but they are doing a great public service with this information and I agree it is more to let potential thieves know stealing ios devices is now pointless.
I commend their effort.
And its some nice free pr for Apple to any ios users who somehow dont know about ios 7
I commend their effort.
And its some nice free pr for Apple to any ios users who somehow dont know about ios 7
I actually think this advert is a little misleading. It suggests that simply upgrading to ios7 will enable find my iPhone and by extension activation lock. Someone less tech savvy will download ios 7 and think they are safe. Once they've lost their phone they'll then realize that upgrading to ios 7 didn't turn on find my iPhone or activation lock.
All you have to do is set up an iCloud account and everything is activated, which Apple practically begs you to do.
First this...
next they'll be telling Android users to switch to iPhones so that they'll be more secure.
Then from PCs to Macs for the same reason.
next they'll be telling Android users to switch to iPhones so that they'll be more secure.
Then from PCs to Macs for the same reason.
Thank god they used four exclamation points. I would've not realized it was important if they had only used one.
They should focus more on improving people's security in NYC rather than doing free advertising for Apple
there are plenty of spots in NYC where you can be robbed or killed in the city without having a smartphone
You're missing the point. The small time criminals in NYC aren't watching the apple press releases and reading online websites about all the features of iOS 7. People are going to upgrade to iOS7 automatically with the NYPD telling them to do so.
This is an opportunity to teach the criminals about the new security features. Flyers on the streets, posters, things that they will see.
In a way, this is brilliant. Why would they put flyers like this around the apple store near a new iPhone 5S release event which has the built in iOS 7??? To let the people who just bought their phones have a clear passage to get home with their devices! This tells the criminals that there are things in place that will nab them for stealing the new phones. Stay away!
And why does it look like an ad that was made in the 70's? It's written very clearly for the unsophisticated street thug. It wasn't made for the people who have iPhones and expensive data plans.
Come on people..
This. According to the FCC, about 40% of thefts in major US cities now involve phones, and you can guess which one is the most popular target.
The increase in NYC crime rate last year was because of iPhone and iPad thefts. San Francisco is the same way. Ditto Washington DC. Cities want iOS thefts to go away. Without them, the cities could claim a decrease in crime and look good.
Are you people serious? Complaining because a public service announcement has a typo or an old graphic? Clearly many of you don't interact with people's safety on a regular basis because if you did - you'd know that this "ad campaign" as some call it is well worth every penny.
Frankie Four Fingers
Well, speaking of security and my fingerprints falling into the wrong hand I have a question for the NYPD and users here: can you disable this TouchID and still secure your iPhone 5S the old fashioned way with a PIN?
http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=224562
Well, speaking of security and my fingerprints falling into the wrong hand I have a question for the NYPD and users here: can you disable this TouchID and still secure your iPhone 5S the old fashioned way with a PIN?
http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=224562
Great, everything in one 'secure' place for anyone to steal with a copied latex fingerprint...or a hacked off finger!
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I recall NYC nightly news reports recommending owners to use non-Apple headphones as the "white" wires were the targeting factor. Ironic as Apple marketed the white headphones to be an iconic staple for their mobile devices. Go figure.
I'm very suspicious of the intent of NYPD and other agencies hellbent on finding new ways to track its citizens without cause. In my the only one that finds it suspicious that New York and San Francisco are pushing this objective?
I don't get it
I don't get it, if NYPD are posting this, and advising people, the Internet Crime/iOS Theft Department has obviously not heard of "DFU Mode"
I was able to restore my phone to factory settings with a passcode lock and find my iPhone turned on
I don't get it, if NYPD are posting this, and advising people, the Internet Crime/iOS Theft Department has obviously not heard of "DFU Mode"
I was able to restore my phone to factory settings with a passcode lock and find my iPhone turned on
There was a Huffington Post article not long ago about that.
A woman in the Bronx gave her 24 year old brother a new iPhone, but kept warning him not to wear the white earphones when he went home at night after working in Manhattan.
Later, he was shot and killed for his iPhone just two blocks from home. The headphones were still on his ears when they found his body. Police later found the phone on Craiglist and caught the killers, but his parents are of course inconsolable, and wish he'd never gotten it.