On 8/15/12 1:24 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Aug 15, 2012, at 3:17 PM, Mike Copeland wrote: > >> If true, does that make anyone else wonder about the risk of owning an >> Apple device? Or am I being naive and the same could happen with a >> Windows box? Was it GPS? There were probably some forensics involved >> that are not disclosed to the average Joe on the street...something like >> the MAC address of his NIC? > > Sorry to burst your Big Brother fantasies, but this is an option that > is available on all Macs, iPads and iPhones. > > > http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/using-apples-find-my-mac-feature/ > ( -or- http://j.mp/TFr9nU ) > > I've used it with my iPhone on several occasions. One time I had gone > out to lunch, and when I got back, I realized that I no longer had my phone. > I was ready to go back to the restaurant, but first I used Find My iPhone to > locate it, and discovered that it was in the parking lot at work. Apparently > it had fallen out of my pocket in my friend's car on the trip back from the > restaurant, so recovering it was pretty simple.
I'd want my mac to stream audio and video from my device before wiping the drive, swapping in a new boot partition that, when booted, displays a 10-second countdown along with "you may want to duck, sucker", and then detonates the system. Not sure Apple's lawyers would like that last, though. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
