I remember when stealing peoples iPhones and iPods on the subway was affectionately referred to as “apple picking” by the perpetrators. iCloud locking has cut that down to almost nothing.
Rather not go back to the “fun” old days.
Rather not go back to the “fun” old days.
Thanks to the miracle of what is now called "Find My," I got to watch as my wife's newly stolen iPhone made its way from Rome to Tunisia. Unfortunately, in its early iterations, you could only locate an item, not take any action on that item.
I suspect that wouldn't happen today, since I could now remotely lock the phone.
edit: and of course, "Mark as lost" is a separate thing from iCloud locking. That's the difference.
There was a missed opportunity here to call it scrumping
"To steal fruit, especially apples" - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrump