AMEN!!!
What IS frustrating here, is when those of us have done our due diligence, activating the "find my phone" security feature on our devices...the unfortunate act of theft occurs, so as soon as we realize indeed it is not lost, but stolen, we rush to alternate resource and activate "lost phone"; as well as notifying last place in possession(if possible) and law enforcemen.
WE then are tortured as the alerts come in notifying us "YOUR PHONE HAS BEEN FOUND" (if any battery, device automatically connects to wi-fi as part of security features--to track/find)...which include specific details of location, all the towers it's pinged on their outings, seeing that little green dot identifying the curre location & movement of device.
ALLTHEWHILE, law enforcement, without a solid ID of offender(s), have no justifiable reason to search alerted location. Even w/all the GPS data ("device in the area, not precise"), police can only "ask for device" at suspected location/door--if it even escalates to them visiting alerted locatio/residence
[i.e. the "theft victim" attempts to recover phone on her own, byway of visiting GPS validated residence/location, then calls 911 from neighboring apartment for security reasons]
So after doing everything "right"...with full knowledge of her functioning device's location, she has ABSOLUTELY NO RECOURSE...
Thus, solemnly returning home empty-handed, she initiates process of filing the claim for a replacement device, (w/the insurance plan she diligently purchased through her service provider), as well as the bittersweet action changing settings in the "Find my phone" app from an alert msg.{"This phone has been lost/stolen. Please call xxx-xxx-xxxx"}, to the {"DELETE" option}...by which the next time device is "online", all content, settings, etc. on her device --including THOSE pictures (taken day of theft & yet to be backed up) of her child's first softball practice.
THIS, the lack of recourse, after heeding such caution, & the arduousness that ensues, (including a $199 deductible to replace the '3/4+ paid for', nearly new, spotless device), in my microscopic opinion, is the "IT" of any perplexion here. It is certainly what leaves the incensed pit in my stomach.
Ironically, you who are so disgruntled or confused, are missing the ONLY win in this scenario, that being APPLE's iron-clad security....if you used it.
