Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it
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#2> I checked Find My and my phone was indeed in China. It looked like it was in an office building conveniently located around the corner from an Adidas store, about 8,000 miles from me.
You’d think for a police state, China would be just little bit better at cracking down on obvious crime that happens within their borders. But I guess not.
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#3> I checked Find My and my phone was indeed in China. It looked like it was in an office building conveniently located around the corner from an Adidas store, about 8,000 miles from me. You’d think for a police state, China would be just little bit better at cracking down on obvious crime that happens within their borders. But I guess not.
Well this isn’t against a citizen. Also look at the murders going on in China now.
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#4> I checked Find My and my phone was indeed in China. It looked like it was in an office building conveniently located around the corner from an Adidas store, about 8,000 miles from me. You’d think for a police state, China would be just little bit better at cracking down on obvious crime that happens within their borders. But I guess not.
1. Chinese government is not as competent as it tries to appear.
2. They do not care about foreigners or crimes unless they involve Chinese citizens.
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#5> I checked Find My and my phone was indeed in China. It looked like it was in an office building conveniently located around the corner from an Adidas store, about 8,000 miles from me. You’d think for a police state, China would be just little bit better at cracking down on obvious crime that happens within their borders. But I guess not.
The police state is interested in maintaining the power structure in the police state. As long as petty or even organized crime does not upset the balance of power, the authorities couldn’t care less - crime against Americans is no danger to them. Just as the Russian government has no interest in cracking down on its blackhat population, as long as they target non-Russian orgs.
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#6Not from the article, but from the comments below it.
> My phone was stolen while I was going through TSA security at JFK and the TSA guy must have been in on it because he wouldn't let me get it even though we were able to locate it using my husbands phone. When we used the find me app later we saw it was somewhere in Queens so definitely wasn't stolen by someone else flying that day.
I had never heard of that happening before. Great, another thing to be anxious about at the airport. TSA does not pay very well, so I can understand the impulse.
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#7So, what's the right procedure here? Is the dichotomy in the post true?
a) remove from account and help the recycle crooks, or
b) risk them crack it having your data
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#8So, what's the right procedure here? Is the dichotomy in the post true? a) remove from account and help the recycle crooks, or b) risk them crack it having your data Aren't there crack wares at this point in the wild?
If it's wiped then there's no data for them to get?
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#9> I checked Find My and my phone was indeed in China. It looked like it was in an office building conveniently located around the corner from an Adidas store, about 8,000 miles from me. You’d think for a police state, China would be just little bit better at cracking down on obvious crime that happens within their borders. But I guess not.
Misconception: police solve crimes.
Truth: police protect their employers.
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#10Honestly. This is a pretty good advertisement for Apple.
I appreciate the effort that they've put into making my device less valuable to thiefs.