Is this really a Find iPhone feature in iOS 7?

[cwosigns]

I was reading an article in USA Today about smartphone tips, and ran across this saying that Find My iPhone, in iOS 7, will allow you to take a picture of the thief. I hadn't heard that before. Can anyone corroborate this?

 

[mrapplegate]

I was reading an article in USA Today about smartphone tips, and ran across this saying that Find My iPhone, in iOS 7, will allow you to take a picture of the thief. I hadn't heard that before. Can anyone corroborate this?Image

Nope not in the current build.

 

[Sirious]

I was reading an article in USA Today about smartphone tips, and ran across this saying that Find My iPhone, in iOS 7, will allow you to take a picture of the thief. I hadn't heard that before. Can anyone corroborate this?Image

Right now, in the betas, you can't do that at all.

Not sure if thats a leaked feature of the upcoming revamped "Find my iPhone" app, but as far as I know - it's not true.

 

[cwosigns]

Not sure if that's a leaked feature of the upcoming revamped "Find my iPhone" app, but as far as I know - it's not true.

Wow...a media outlet got something wrong. Go figure. 🙂

 

[C DM]

I think there is a jailbreak tweak/app that will do that, but not Find My Phone (at least not so far).

 

[Papajuice]

Really best to stay away from USA today and time mag. Unless you want to be misinformed, but that's a different story.

 

[CGJay]

This feature isn't available with Find My iPhone, but I think some third party apps (such as Prey) or Jailbreak apps offer this.

 

[Mlrollin91]

OneSafe offers it for password protection. If you enter the wrong pin or code to enter into the app it takes a picture and saves it within the app for the next time you open the app with the correct pin.

 

[Ed91]

It would be pretty cool if you could take a picture with either camera. Not so much to catch a theif, but to get an idea of where your phone may be in a building etc