Comment on One iPhone led police to gang who sent 40,000 snatched phones to China
monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 1 day agoThe stolen phones can be broken up for parts. They probably aren’t just reselling the devices whole.
Comment on One iPhone led police to gang who sent 40,000 snatched phones to China
monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 1 day agoThe stolen phones can be broken up for parts. They probably aren’t just reselling the devices whole.
tahoe@lemmy.world 1 day ago
As far as I know recent iPhones all have parts pairing, so you can’t swap parts between phones unless Apple authorises it. Absolutely sucks ass for repairability, but it’s supposed to help in the context of stolen phones.
I guess thieves found a way to circumvent it, otherwise it wouldn’t make sense
MurrayL@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Even if they haven’t (yet), it’s still a recent development. There are plenty of old models out there without it, not to mention Android phones which hold the majority market share in the UK.