Lost iPad 2, Mac address help!

Question

I lost my iPad 2 and would like to know if it is still at my house. I have a list of Mac addresses that are connected to my router, but I do not know which one it would be. Could anyone provide me with info on this problem-anything is appreciated.

Answer 1

First, don't lose faith yet, and don't put undeserved faith in the knowledge and tech savvy of the thief who, probably opportunistically, wound up with your iPad. It may simply be sitting in some other location for a while, much like car thieves park stolen cars known to be equipped with tracking systems, in a secure location for a while to see if someone does track it and show up. Or, it's simply never yet been turned on again. Or, as has happened before, it's been languishing in a forgotten corner of some Lost & Found department.
As for the rest, sure ..... they could do all that, but they absolutely should not. In the same way that the cellphone companies can track the location of a cellphone, but don't divulge that idea to anyone who requests it, in the same way that OnStar and LoJack don't do that same thing, in the same way that the police don't let you keep track of your Uncle Vinnie's GPS tracking collars. It's not Apple's business, they don't belong in that business, and it's really not their responsibilty to insure us against the vagaries of carelessness and pure bad luck.
If you've backed up your work then at least that part of your loss will be mitigated. If not, well, there's no new lessons to be learned from that, aside perhaps from the one that working on a new platform doesn't automatically result in much of a paradigm shift.