Why doesnt apple report stolen iphone activations

why doesnt apple have some way of reporting a stolen iphone mine was stolen and i have the find my phone app and its been online once and nothing since that was in december it was stolen in november of last year. I paid cash for had no insurance on disablility cannot afford another one. I paid cash when I got my back pay now I have no iphone and nothing i can do. apple should have some type of system to see that a phone is stolen or not.

In addition to all of the reasons already given, Apple is not in the business of tracking and listing stolen property. Theft of iPhones, and other smart phones, has reached epidemic proportions in most large cities. The only people who have a real reason to keep records of stolen phones would be the cell service providers.
The new iOS version 7 has an anti-theft protection feature - the Activation Lock. Using that feature makes the iPhone useless to the thief. But the user must turn that on for it to work.

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itunes is an online store. You would have them deny service? Really? This would be an invitation to countless problems.
as for cars registration gets checked when
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1) If a thief is caught and they haave an ipod, they will check to see if the serial number is reported stolen ( to the police - not APPLE). You should report therft ot the police not the make of each iten that is stolen.
2) You think we should have to have anual inpections for out ipods/iphones? Really?
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"/their account by the serial number. So, any time the phone connects with Apple via iTunes, it's serial number will be flagged by Apple as stolen, and will record the IP address of the computer that's being used to sync it, allowing me to report it to the police.
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ya on a nother ios device download find my iphone and press remote wipe
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Are you sure that's what they want? Or do they want proof that your carrier is aware it's been stolen? (or possibly a copy of the police report)
Apple doesn't care if the phone was stolen. They can't do anything about it.
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John Doe | 10:30                                              John Doe     |
                                                                                                    _______ 10:30
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Why doesnt apple report stolen iphone activations

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