Find my Mac service OR serial number tracking?

I recently had my MBP stolen along with a few other things.
One of the first things I did was to log onto icloud.com to configure remote wipe on the device.
That was about a month ago, still no sign of it.
Now I'd like to think it hasn't been opened yet, and the culprits haven't even figured out how to get online with it, but some thieves can be quite shrewed.
The thing I'd like to know (preferably from Apple themselves), is what can be done about tracking the device and it's access to the App Store from Apple's point of view.
The Find my Mac service is awesome, but it has a SERIOUS flaw - it allows you to disable/enable the service without requiring a password.
So if somebody gets onto your mac, they simply need to go disable the icloud services while offline, and they're home free.
I'd like to know whether it's possible to get:
Access to see login attempts/(un)successful logins BY DEVICE (Type and Serial) using your AppleID - surely not a ridiculous request?
I'm sure it's not in Apple's best interest to 'brick' the device if we were to report it stolen - rendering it useless in the Apple Ecosystem - that's the loss of an additional(albeit dishonest, thieving) Mac user . But ye it would be awesome to be able to render the device useless at a hardware level. There has to be SOME benefit to being constantly joined by the hip with Apple and its services?
Personally I don't think the Find My Mac service is something that should be managed/set/unset from the device itself - that makes no sense - unless the feature's settings are always password protected - which it isn't.
SO, that being said - is there any way or procedure in which we would be able to get the abovementioned stats/information - it is related to our own AppleIDs afterall.
Thanks
Looking forward to ANY response.

*sigh* Was hoping for more helpful and informed response than that - I just lost a bet.
I don't want to nitpick around LOST vs STOLEN here, and I'm not suggesting Apple become a policing body in this whole mix.
My request is around
1. The fact that if my 'LOST' device were 'FOUND', the security measure called  Find my Mac/Iphone has a flaw in that it can be disabled without requiring any authentication - maybe an enhancement to be made here?
2. How possible would it be at some point to be able to see logins and attempts on our AppleIDs along with the device information - such as serial number and device type associated with it. Quite possibly an invaluable feature as part of the MARKETED security and privacy features given at the moment.
Lastly, Prey is nothing more or less than what Find my Mac/Iphone is, except that it'll require authentication to enable/disable. So suggesting that Prey ARE the police and WILL help with recovering stolen products is a bit contradictory.
Lol and hopefully the next response doesn't begin with a juvenile 'First of all...' - not a good start
Message was edited by: Dominique.ZA
DYAC! :)

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