I can still wipe hard drive on a computer I sold?

I sold my 11" MacBook air to a friend a couple of months ago.
I just noticed that in my "Find my phone" app that the sold device is showing in the list of devices. I have the option to play a sound on it, remotely lock it, and remotely wipe it.
I definitely wiped the hard drive before I sold it so I have no idea how this could be happening.
Anyone have any ideas on this?

Is it possible that when you first gave your computer to your friend that your iCloud account information was still on it?
The name of the computer is not really tied to your iCloud account. It just means that when the computer was using your iCloud account information that it's name was changed.
Also, once a device is in the Find My iPhone list, it's going to stay there until it's deleted. So even if the computer has since had it's iCloud account information changed, it's still going to show up for you.
I think a quick conversatin with your friend will resolve things.
In the mean time you might want to change your iCloud account password.
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ayjayf wrote:
Hi,
I've been a Mac user for 7-8 years now, currently with a first generation MacBook (Black) from 2006 (2 GHz Core Duo).
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What is the 10.2 (Jaguar) and upgrade from?
My question deals with wiping the hard drive clean. I want to resell my iMac, to try and get something (though I know not much) for it, and so before I do it I want to not simply erase the hard drive but also write over it/completely wipe it so as to make sure sensitive information is fully deleted.
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