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Will MobileMe support remote wipe?
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mjgrothaus
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Jun 11, 2008, 07:26 PM
 
Hmm. If I'm gonna have my whole life on this iPhone 3G, I was wondering if MobileMe users would have remote wipe capability like enterprise users. That alone would make paying for MobileMe worth it.

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Jun 11, 2008, 07:58 PM
 
MobileMe is for consumers, so very doubtful.

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Jun 11, 2008, 11:11 PM
 
I don't see why remote wipe should be limited to just enterprise users. It could be a huge selling point for MobileMe. I know a lot of consumers (myself included) would love this feature if our iPhone or iPod Touch was lost/stolen.

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Jun 14, 2008, 06:19 PM
 
Count me in as someone who doesn't need enterprise but would find this feature essential.
     
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Jun 14, 2008, 06:49 PM
 
I doubt it will be there initially as they probably would have mentioned it, but I am guessing that it wouldn't be hard to implement it.

I'd also like to see it.
     
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Jun 14, 2008, 10:14 PM
 
Well you could just delete everything on your computer and then it would be all instantly deleted on your iPhone.
     
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Jun 15, 2008, 12:25 AM
 
Not the photos and music/videos though
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Jun 15, 2008, 01:28 AM
 
I'm confused...why would you want this ability exactly?
     
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Jun 15, 2008, 06:11 AM
 
If your phone were stolen, I don't know if you'd feel comfortable in the knowledge that the person who has it has access to your e-mail accounts, your entire contact and calendar database, as well as photographs of your family, and your most-used bookmarks (and possibly the one or other password).

But hey, to each his own.
     
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Jun 15, 2008, 09:06 AM
 
I know it's not much help, but I have the passcode lock on my phone set. It won't stop someone who really wants the info, but I know that for the average Joe, the only option they have is to restore from the computer.
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Jun 15, 2008, 09:57 AM
 
Does remote wipe do 7-pass or better wiping? Because just plain erasing it wouldn't remove the data.
     
   
 
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