Nowadays, rumors are not just rumors. Most of them are mainly confirmation about what is coming. At least it was like this is the last 4, 5 years.

We lost the wow factor from the past, but it makes it easier to decide if it worths waiting for the next one or not.

If i am not mistaken they can use “find my” and enable lost mode so you can contact them in case you find a lost phone.

Providing an apple id (email) to an unknown person might be exactly what they need as a first step to hack into someone’s account. Or with some brute force they can even lock the owner’s account that is a huge headache.