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the person who stole it would definitely turned off any wifi, etc such that remote wipe is difficult.
anyone has experience using other software that can remotely wipe an iphone successfully quickly?
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On the other hand there is no app other than find my iphone exists that can wipe iDevice remotely. Thats because wiping an iDevice is an extreme critical task and apple does not let 3rd party apps to access such a low level API.
Unfortunately there is no other application than find my iphone able of this.






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For a stranger to be able to turn off Location Services, Wi-Fi or mobile data connection, he/she needs to be able to unlock the iPhone first.
If someone stole a phone and disabled all this - what use would the phone be then...
If someone stole a phone and disabled all this - what use would the phone be then...Maybe someone wants to see the private videos you shot with it..... ;-)
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What goal do you have in mind with your question. Is it data protection? Or being able to locate the device when you can't find it?
In case of data protection, make sure you make frequent backups too. To your own PC/Mac or in the cloud.
1) if the phone got lost when it was not locked + guy disable the mobileme, that means data definitely will be revealed and no way to even remote wipe right?
2) if phone got stolen when it was locked yet erase data option NOT enabled, the person take out the sim card, this would mean the phone would basically be useless and can't be used anymore?
find iphone will send a remote wipe as long as it detects the iphone is ON ?
curious to know if the phone needs to be on for at least a certain period of time before the remote wipe will work?
is there a time period where find iphone remember the settings to send a remote wipe? eg. if the phone gets lost and a remote wipe was sent but the phone was off.. maybe few months down the road, the phone is somehow connected again, will the remote wipe still activate?

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Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection. Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.