What to do when your iPhone or iPad is stolen

Mikah Sargent, writing for iMore, with a heart-sickening tale:

On the night of Monday, June 13, someone stole my 12.9-inch iPad Pro from my bag during the annual Beard Bash event. I won’t go into the gritty details, but suffice it to say my valuables (as well as those of my colleague Serenity Caldwell) were in a secure location. Unfortunately, secure doesn’t always mean nothing bad will happen, and in this case, something bad did happen: My iPad Pro was removed from my bag, Serenity’s belongings were stuffed into my bag to make it look full (I guess), and the iPad Pro went bye-bye.

Read the rest. Some solid advice.

Here’s another take on the same topic (shared by Loop reader Andrew Leavitt). One key bit from this post:

Turn on ‘Restrictions’ and lock changes to ‘Location Services’

I found this second article to be a bit out of sync with the current iOS interface, wondering if this is no longer good advice or if the interface is just a bit different. Anyone know if you should be using Restrictions to lock Location Services? Or is that unnecessary?



One thought on “What to do when your iPhone or iPad is stolen”

  1. Looks like locking Location Services in Restrictions will prevent someone from disabling it, but that shouldn’t matter if you’ve got a locked device.

    Locking Location Services will also prevent new apps from asking.

    I don’t think it’s good advice, but maybe someone knows more.

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