My IPad was stolen and i used the find my iphone feature which only works if the ipad is online. I typically use a mi-fi or wi-fi. Can a person hack into the offline IPad and see notes and pictures, etc on the ipad even if lock mode was used? Or does lock mode only function once the ipad is online.
iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 7
The iPad will lock once it is connected to the internet. Put iPad on Lost Mode and enable passcode lock.
Lost Mode
Niquefromfl wrote:
My IPad was stolen and i used the find my iphone feature which only works if the ipad is online. I typically use a mi-fi or wi-fi. Can a person hack into the offline IPad and see notes and pictures, etc on the ipad even if lock mode was used? Or does lock mode only function once the ipad is online.
Do you remember if you enabled "Erase Data?" That function erases all daa after ten consecutive incorrect password entries.
I really dont remember if i did. I want to do the erase ipad remote function but i also want to continue tracking in the event it goes online again. Just not sure of what information can be seen without them going on the internet.
I've never really investigated thoroughly but I don't believe that you can have it both ways - after an erasure, you can't track it.
If you set only a 4-digit passcode and you did not configure the auto-erase, a very patient thief can simply keep trying combinations and eventualy, he'll get in and get access to everything provided, of course, he does not connect to the 'net.
I use an 8-digit code and the beauty of "greater than four" is that a thief has no clue what the code length actually is. He doesn't know if he should try six digits, seven, digits, eight digits, weell you get the idea. Of course, the auto-erasure is your best bet.
If I read the erase ipad function correctly, that only happens once the ipad goes online as well... correct? So until then, my data is open to all.
Niquefromfl wrote:
If I read the erase ipad function correctly, that only happens once the ipad goes online as well... correct? So until then, my data is open to all.
Yup.
If the person who stole your iPad try the passcode too many times, the iPad will be disabled.
If you wipe iPad, you will not be able to track it any more.
Diavonex wrote:
If the person who stole your iPad try the passcode too many times, the iPad will be disabled.
Only if the OP previously turned "on" that feature and he does not remember doing so.
The iPad can be locked using Lost Mode (after it's stolen). The iPad will lock the moment it is connected to the internet.
Diavonex wrote:
The iPad will lock the moment it is connected to the internet.
That's why the OP is concerned. He's worried about what can happen BEFORE it's connected to the Internet.
THis is a long shot, but can an internet provider connect to the Ipad remotely so that it can lock or be erased or can apple do this remotely?
Niquefromfl wrote:
THis is a long shot, but can an internet provider connect to the Ipad remotely so that it can lock or be erased or can apple do this remotely?
They probably can but they won't.
However, you can do it yourself. In fact, you can configure iCloud now so that the iPad will be instantly erased as soon as the thief connects to the Internet.
Right now, use your computer to go to www.icloud.com and log in with your Apple ID and password.
Click on "Find my iPhone."
Click on "All Devices."
Click on your iPad.
Click on "Erase iPad."
THanks for your help Philly_Phan. I have this option already on my Iphone. But since i dont have internet connection on the Ipad was just trying to find a way to get internet on it remotely and get the computer erased sooner rather than later. The down side of using a mi-fi or wi-fi for my internet connection. Oh well.... Thanks again.
You asked if the ISP or Apple could do it remotely. Obviously, whatever they can do relies on access via the Internet and therefore nothing can be done until the iPad is connected to the 'net. If you can't talk to the device, you can't make it do anything. Duh!
However, YOU can enable the command NOW in iCloud. iCloud will store that command so that, whenever the thief connects to the 'net (today, tomorrow or next year), the iPad will be instantly erased. That has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that you use MiFi to connect.
Lost Ipad Lock mode.
