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From: Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Find My for iPad w/o cellular
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 19:29:23 -0700
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On 7/19/24 12:13 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2024-07-19, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 7/17/24 6:49 AM, Chris wrote:
>>> Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi somebody just asked me something and I don't know the answer. If
>>>> you have a iPad that only does WiFi, what happens if you misplace it
>>>> somewhere or it gets stolen and you want to use Find My to find it?
>>>> It can't connect to the Internet to say where it is unless it gets
>>>> near a WiFi network it already knows.
>>>>
>>>> I know maybe it can use Bluetooth if there are other Apple devices
>>>> around, but that's more iffy. Iphones can get on the Internet with
>>>> cellular and say where they are, but what about an iPad w/o
>>>> cellular??
>>>
>>> The same way it works with AirPods and AirTags neither of which have
>>> wifi either. It's all bluetooth.
>>> https://www.howtogeek.com/725842/what-is-apples-find-my-network/
>>
>> Okay, so like I said it's iffy b'cuz it can only use Bluetooth so
>> other things have to be near it or you can't find it. Not like a
>> iPhone that can report where it is itself.
> 
> In practice, Apple devices are almost everywhere there are people. So
> AirTags are able to relay their location securely and privately in most
> places without much of an issue. In your hypothetical situation where an
> iPad is stolen, chances are it's going to be in the vicinity of other
> Apple devices at least some of the time after it's stolen, allowing you
> to track its physical location, display a custom message on it, play an
> alarm sound on it, lock it, and even erase the contents of the startup
> drive - all remotely from any iOS device or any computer with a web
> browser. In fact you can do all of that ahead of time, and iCloud will
> dutifully wait for the computer to connect to the internet and ping the
> iCloud service, whenever that happens to be.
> 

Thank you I will set it up for that!