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Drive-By Shooting Suspect Remotely Wipes iPhone X, Catches Extra Charges (appleinsider.com)

schwit1 shares a report from Apple Insider: A woman from Schenectady, N.Y. accused of being the driver in a shooting used Apple's remote wipe feature to destroy evidence on her iPhone X that might have been related to the event. The iPhone was seized as evidence in the case, but police say that shortly after she triggered the remote wipe, an option available via Find My iPhone in iCloud. Normally the tool is intended for people with lost or stolen devices. The suspected driver, Juelle Grant, was arrested on November 2nd and charged with two counts of tampering with physical evidence, and one count of hindering prosecution. As Apple Insider notes, only one of the tampering counts is connected to the iPhone.

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  1. Re:Not supporting shootings, but... by HornWumpus · · Score: 1, Funny

    One pink, one brown for her.

    'Old one eye' should work, unless apple discriminates against the one eyed..

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  2. Re:Faraday cage by Raenex · · Score: 4, Funny

    Parent is correct. I can confirm 5G does not penetrate my aluminum hat.

  3. Re:Faraday cage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, just put my phone in microwave, it didn't lose either cell or wifi signal. Signal strength went down some, but still played youtube for a couple minutes just fine.

    You forgot to turn on the microwave.

  4. Re: No Faraday cage? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're law enforcement officers. They don't have time to play the sims.

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  5. Re: Faraday cage by houghi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Haha. We made him type this.

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