Freightdog wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:52 am

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 10:28 am If the phone has the Find My Phone activated (on by default), then phone can’t just be wiped and end of story. The phone will ask for two factor authentication, ie calls another Apple device the user owns for permission and the code.

If the user uses the Find My Phone App and reports it stolen, then phone is permanently set to brick as it gets an internet or cell internet connection.

A thief that takes the phone to Apple or another dealer gets run against a list of stolen iphones. Apple has an on-line list of every Apple device owned by that person. All user accessible information.

There are esoteric ways around this of course.

An interesting, fascinating discussion, but you really should read the OP by Mike. You’re talking about entirely different cases.