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What if I find a lost iPhone?

What do I do if I find a lost iPhone?

Posted on Jan 11, 2023 9:01 AM

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Jan 11, 2023 10:10 AM in response to Izabel534

Izabel534 wrote:

Isn’t it better to send it to Apple?


That's an intractable and expensive problem at any appreciable scale and there are a billion iPhones and some number of those are lost or stolen every day, and that's all assuming every lost iPhone is even associated with a valid shipping address, and assuming a willingness to pay, and to ship the device to a possibly-stale address.


Police in this Area...


The owner has the option of posting contact info on the lost device. If they have not done so, and if you have nowhere to turn it in, then recycle it.


...As Diplomats, direct contact with foriegn police is not done.


Ignoring discussions of the wisdom of a diplomat picking up a random "lost" device and bringing it anywhere, recycle the device.

What if I find a lost iPhone?

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