« previous next »
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Find My iPad  (Read 2417 times)

Ebby Calvin

  • Contributor
  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3595
    • View Profile
Find My iPad
« on: February 10, 2013, 09:58:39 pm »
So I lost my iPad last November in New York (I assumed it was stolen, but wasn't sure).  I did the whole "Find my iPad" thingy and eventually replaced it in December.

Today I start getting emails that my iPad has been located in Brooklyn and has been connected to WiFi (it's not 3G-enabled).  I have it locked through the "Find My..." service with a message that says something like, "Hey asshole, you stole my toy, call me at this number."

There's an option to erase the contents of the device, but that eliminates any chance that I'll get my hands on it again.  So three questions:

1) Biz - did you steal it?  Can I have it back?
2) Can the thief access any of my info?  ie: is there any risk to not erasing it?
3) Any ideas how to track it down?
Logged
Don't think twice, it's alright.

Col. Sphinx Drummond

  • Fantasy Team Owner
  • Illuminati
  • Posts: 16760
  • art is a bulwark against the irrationality of man
    • View Profile
Re: Find My iPad
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2013, 10:18:56 pm »
Quote from: Ebby Calvin on February 10, 2013, 09:58:39 pm
1) Biz - did you steal it?  Can I have it back?
2) Can the thief access any of my info?  ie: is there any risk to not erasing it?
3) Any ideas how to track it down?

Oh man, what a bummer. However, I'm glad that kind of shit also happens to people younger than me. When I lose shit I always wonder if I'm starting to go senile. Then I see someone younger do the same thing and I realize I was just impaired too. Anyway...

1) Probably, he needed to replace the one he lost/left on a plane.
2) Unless you can get Biz to give it back, there is always a risk.
3) It might be cheaper in the long run to buy a new one than to pay the ransom and postage.
Logged
Everyone's talking, few of them know
The rest are pretending, they put on a show
And if there's a message I guess this is it
Truth isn't easy, the easy part's shit

BizidyDizidy

  • Pope
  • Posts: 8836
    • View Profile
Re: Find My iPad
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2013, 07:49:13 am »
You obviously aren't familiar with the supreme court case Finders v. Keepers
Logged
"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people."
  -  Orson Welles

Ebby Calvin

  • Contributor
  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3595
    • View Profile
Re: Find My iPad
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2013, 08:24:07 am »
Quote from: BizidyDizidy on February 11, 2013, 07:49:13 am
You obviously aren't familiar with the supreme court case Finders v. Keepers

You posted this from my iPad, didn't you!  I knew it!
Logged
Don't think twice, it's alright.

Ty in Tampa

  • Contributor
  • Pope
  • Posts: 9111
  • You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N
    • View Profile
Re: Find My iPad
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2013, 09:10:15 am »
If you have the data backed up or don't need it, then absolutely wipe it. At least the person won't be able to either use the device or access the data. I think your chances of getting it back are small.
Logged
"You want me broken. You want me dead.
I'm living rent-free in the back of your head."

BizidyDizidy

  • Pope
  • Posts: 8836
    • View Profile
Re: Find My iPad
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2013, 09:37:55 am »
Quote from: Ebby Calvin on February 11, 2013, 08:24:07 am
You posted this from my iPad, didn't you!  I knew it!

Send me the address, I'll go bust some skulls
Logged
"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people."
  -  Orson Welles

Limey

  • Contributor
  • High Order of the Ferret
  • *****
  • Posts: 32079
  • Tally Ho!
    • View Profile
Re: Find My iPad
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2013, 10:19:45 am »
Quote from: Ty in Tampa on February 11, 2013, 09:10:15 am
If you have the data backed up or don't need it, then absolutely wipe it. At least the person won't be able to either use the device or access the data. I think your chances of getting it back are small.

This.

Even if you don't...erase it.
Logged
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

GreatBagwellsBeard

  • Contributor
  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 2990
  • The damn paterfamilias
    • View Profile
Re: Find My iPad
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2013, 01:59:42 pm »
I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money... but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my tablet go now, that will be the end of it - I will not look for you, I will not pursue you... but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you... and I will kill you.
Logged
Drinking for two.

“I want to paint a mural of Houston for the kids, but I’m terrible at drawing swamp humidity"

Astros Fan in Big D

  • Double Super Secret Pope
  • Posts: 10331
    • View Profile
Re: Find My iPad
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2013, 06:07:33 pm »
Quote from: GreatBagwellsBeard on February 11, 2013, 01:59:42 pm
I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money... but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my tablet go now, that will be the end of it - I will not look for you, I will not pursue you... but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you... and I will kill you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bW4sDrSlo8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Logged

das

  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3465
    • View Profile
    • Faith Home Ministries
Re: Find My iPad
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2013, 06:30:33 am »
Quote from: Ebby Calvin on February 10, 2013, 09:58:39 pm
So I lost my iPad last November in New York (I assumed it was stolen, but wasn't sure).  I did the whole "Find my iPad" thingy and eventually replaced it in December.

Today I start getting emails that my iPad has been located in Brooklyn and has been connected to WiFi (it's not 3G-enabled).  I have it locked through the "Find My..." service with a message that says something like, "Hey asshole, you stole my toy, call me at this number."

There's an option to erase the contents of the device, but that eliminates any chance that I'll get my hands on it again.  So three questions:

1) Biz - did you steal it?  Can I have it back?
2) Can the thief access any of my info?  ie: is there any risk to not erasing it?
3) Any ideas how to track it down?

That stinks. My iPhone popped off of my belt clip at a McD's last year. I watched it drive up into Pennsylvania to his house via Find My iPhone. I had the advantage of telling the guy via the messaging utility that he was in possession of secured government computing resources and that "we" would be happy to pick it up at his house that evening or he could ship it back. 30 minutes later he replied with a tracking number.
Logged
Another trenchant comment by a jealous lesser intellect.

Limey

  • Contributor
  • High Order of the Ferret
  • *****
  • Posts: 32079
  • Tally Ho!
    • View Profile
Re: Find My iPad
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2013, 08:20:45 am »
Quote from: das on February 13, 2013, 06:30:33 am
That stinks. My iPhone popped off of my belt clip at a McD's last year. I watched it drive up into Pennsylvania to his house via Find My iPhone. I had the advantage of telling the guy via the messaging utility that he was in possession of secured government computing resources and that "we" would be happy to pick it up at his house that evening or he could ship it back. 30 minutes later he replied with a tracking number.

Did you give him GBB's message above?
Logged
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Pages: [1]
« previous next »