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Story: iPhone's remote wiping may help crooks cover tracks

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Remote wipe capability

This may be an issue when dealing with organized crime, but probably not for garden variety criminals. The iPhone's 'remote wipe' capability must be set up in advance, and requires an Exchange Server. Remotely wiping the data from an iPhone cannot be done merely as an afterthought.

The remote wipe ability is set up by use of a configuration file which includes the user's Exchange account information, so if the iPhone is captured and not connected to its network (and therefore is not able to be remotely wiped), the Exchange account information may lead the authorities to the criminal's organization as well.

For criminals setting up this feature, it's a double-edged sword.

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