https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/23/iphone-users-should-turn-on-apples-stolen-device-protection-feature/

Apple released a new version of iOS yesterday with a handful of new features, such as collaborative playlists in Apple Music and a new Unity wallpaper for Black History Month. Another interesting new feature in iOS 17.3 is something called stolen device protection. It is disabled by default and I encourage iPhone users to turn it on when they have updated to iOS 17.3.

This feature is the result of an investigation from Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen for the Wall Street Journal. They found out that thieves have been stealing money and accessing sensitive data that is supposedly stored securely on an iPhone and the related iCloud account.