I don't think the 'news' here is that a person is capable of turning off a phone. The news is that you can disable it while still having the phone on and connecting it to a computer or trying to hack into it in some way without the phone being able to broadcast it's location. Everyone knows you can turn the phone off.
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iOS 7 Allows Siri to Disable Find My iPhone via Airplane Mode in Security/Convenience Trade-Off
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No. First, you can turn airplane mode off via control center so the Siri aspect is moot. Especially when Siri can and should be disabled when the phone is locked. Second, turning airplane mode off does not turn find my iphone off. This is a non issue/story and someone should be fired.
Solution solved!
Just give me the extra ability to "confirm" that I want to enable airplane mode or turn off my phone via siri/control center/lock screen by prompting me to enter a password or use Touch ID. I could see this function only appear should I have the security setting enabled. That should solve the "problem" right there.
Just give me the extra ability to "confirm" that I want to enable airplane mode or turn off my phone via siri/control center/lock screen by prompting me to enter a password or use Touch ID. I could see this function only appear should I have the security setting enabled. That should solve the "problem" right there.
"Security flaw" number two: Find my iPhone can be disabled by smashing the phone!
The point is that a stolen device is now useless to the the of, which this doesn't bypass by any means.
The point is that a stolen device is now useless to the the of, which this doesn't bypass by any means.
That would actually be a not so bad idea! But I doubt that's what is happening here :-\
Along the same lines, you should have an option to require passcode/Touch ID to power off the phone (I mean shut down, not sleep). Then a phone could still be tracked even if stolen, at least until the battery runs out.
Well, apart from they can just remove the sim card...
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Unless they remove the sim card...
Wait a minute? Wasn't there something to do with Find My iPhone still working when Apple issued the iOS 7 beta in the Dev Portal?
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So does that mean your battery isn't allowed to run down if you don't have a code ?
You can remove the SIM card to achieve the same effect and still be able to keep the phone on, connect it to a computer and "try to hack into it", so your point is moot.
oh gosh...the phone should require a passcode before the battery is allowed to die. (i was thinking the exact same thing about the hard reset...great minds)
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the best they can get is an iphone constantly in airplane mode and hope that they like your taste in music and games.
Edit: I guess they could connect to the internet with wifi too.
Connecting to WiFi would broadcast the iPhone location to Find my iPhone servers, it doesn't require a cellular connection to work.
Misleading title is misleading.
In other news, breathing causes cancer! (insert an article here about cigarette smoke)
In other news, breathing causes cancer! (insert an article here about cigarette smoke)
Maybe I'm missing something but I just deleted Find My iPhone from my ipad and you can't locate it. Find my iPhone isn't a perfect solution, especially if you don't use a password. Apple should require Apple ID verification to delete the app or do anything disabling its functionality.
Find My iPhone functionality is dependent on your settings under iCloud. Nothing to do with the app. The app allows you to track iDevices, which you can do so anyway from any other iDevice with the app, or via iCloud.com.
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Turn them off
I believe you can turn off Control Center and Siri at the lock screen!!
Control Center:
Settings -> Control Center -> Access on Lock Screen
Siri:
Settings -> General -> Passcode Lock -> Siri (ALLOW ACCESS WHEN LOCKED)
- Enable passcode and switch Siri Off
I believe you can turn off Control Center and Siri at the lock screen!!
Control Center:
Settings -> Control Center -> Access on Lock Screen
Siri:
Settings -> General -> Passcode Lock -> Siri (ALLOW ACCESS WHEN LOCKED)
- Enable passcode and switch Siri Off
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You could also just turn the iPhone off, which is much more obvious.
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Yeah, which has always been useful since you can send messages with Siri and troll in other ways like deleting alarms. Siri on the lock screen is a sacrifice of security for a lot of convenience.
Find my iOS device prior to iOS 7:
When set could be turned off, or the account deleted with no login required, so wiping the device was an easy way around it, passcode only stopped thieves from getting into the phone, and restrictions could stop the service from being turned off and the account from being removed, but if the device could still be wiped.
After iOS 7:
To turn off, to remove the account, to wipe the device, or in the event the device is wiped, to re-activate the device, all require logging into the iCloud account the device had the Find my iOS device service enabled for.
What remains unaffected:
Anything that disables the devices ability to call home, such as removing the sim card, turning off the phone, airplane mode, turning off wifi, turning off mobile data, placing the device into a metal box, taking the device out of range of wifi or cellular (where possible) services, and most importantly, turning the device off.
Through Siri and/or Control Center, some of the above has been made easier to access, so long as Siri and/or Control Center have been enabled on the lock screen.
But in the end the average thief with even half a brain will probably just turn the device off until they can get the device wiped. With iOS 7, if the find my device service is enabled, even if the thief manages to wipe the device, they will still need the AppleID to log into when attempting to re-activate the device. And as long as they can not get around that, all they end up with is a brick.
Long story short, this story has been blown way out of proportion.
When set could be turned off, or the account deleted with no login required, so wiping the device was an easy way around it, passcode only stopped thieves from getting into the phone, and restrictions could stop the service from being turned off and the account from being removed, but if the device could still be wiped.
After iOS 7:
To turn off, to remove the account, to wipe the device, or in the event the device is wiped, to re-activate the device, all require logging into the iCloud account the device had the Find my iOS device service enabled for.
What remains unaffected:
Anything that disables the devices ability to call home, such as removing the sim card, turning off the phone, airplane mode, turning off wifi, turning off mobile data, placing the device into a metal box, taking the device out of range of wifi or cellular (where possible) services, and most importantly, turning the device off.
Through Siri and/or Control Center, some of the above has been made easier to access, so long as Siri and/or Control Center have been enabled on the lock screen.
But in the end the average thief with even half a brain will probably just turn the device off until they can get the device wiped. With iOS 7, if the find my device service is enabled, even if the thief manages to wipe the device, they will still need the AppleID to log into when attempting to re-activate the device. And as long as they can not get around that, all they end up with is a brick.
Long story short, this story has been blown way out of proportion.
so then they get a device that they can never update, download anything new, or get on the internet. Sounds like stealing it would be a big waste of time.