How it would look like one Find My iPhone which is impossible to disable? Today the theft of iPhones is considered a waste of time if owners use passcodes or fingerprint protection (the FBI knows this all too well), but according to a publication Apple could soon help you catch the thief too.
The company has reportedly patented a new one technology that keeps Find My iPhone active even when the device is turned off, so you can find a stolen iPhone easily enough.
Find My iPhone is a feature that allows owners to locate their phones from their accounts on iCloud, but the functionality of the application is lost when the device is switched off and the SIM card is removed.
But on the patent US20160323703 Apple has proposed a more advanced version of Find My iPhone that can work independently of the phone's status so you can locate an iPhone that the thief does.
According to CultOfMac, the patent describes that the iPhone could have a special timer that starts automatically and activates Find My iPhone for a moment just to send data location to the owner. According to the patent, the iPhone does not need to be turned on or have a charged battery.
Find My iPhone could send location information by using this new system via e-mail or SMS, if the SIM card still exists. It could connect to all known Wi-Fi networks to access the Internet.
Apple could improve the feature by allowing the device to connect to public wireless networks that do not require a password, but this is probably an idea the company is still looking at because of security risks.
At present, this technology is still in the patent stage, but we should not be surprised to see if it is available in the 2017 model.
