I'm a longtime iPhone user who has never had to deal with a stolen or lost device. And I hope I'll never have to experience an iPhone theft. It's one of my top three anxiety-inducing iPhone events, alongside dropping the iPhone and running out of battery.
Even in case of iPhone loss, I didn't use to worry. Until this spring, I thought I was doing everything right. Thieves could do little with my handset other than dismantle it and sell it for parts. Little did I know that some criminals found a scary way to steal iPhones, which leads to the victim losing access to the Apple ID that safeguards the handset alongside all their digital life connected to it.
I have taken extra precautions to prevent such damage since. But I've been waiting for Apple to introduce new security features that would thwart such nefarious attacks. It's finally happening. I can't wait to get my hands on the iOS 17.3 release, which will bring over an optional security feature called Stolen Device Protection. I think it should be mandatory, or iPhone users should be exposed to it.
Once enabled, the feature will make it almost impossible for anyone to get access to my Apple ID in case they steal the iPhone. Not only that, but Stolen Device Protection will give me enough time to remotely wipe the handset and secure the data on it.
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