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They call it a Chimera policy. Goes on all display phones, and the identifiers are logged so they’ll never be able to authenticate an Apple ID. When I was deal
by multjoy 6y ago
They call it a Chimera policy. Goes on all display phones, and the identifiers are logged so they’ll never be able to authenticate an Apple ID.
When I was dealing with a spate of thefts from Apple stores, none of the handsets were showing up again. They just vanished, presumably exported.
- joecool1029 6y ago> They just vanished, presumably exported. Gotta wonder if they end up becoming parts in the US. I buy working pulled screens off ebay for doing repairs because the aftermarket ones suck. Often wondered how many were off stolen devices, but no way to know.
- nemosaltat 6y agoAren’t some of the hardware signed. For example, I know the fingerprint on older iPhones will only work with the phone it shipped with.
- Nextgrid 6y agoMaking all the components tied together would be difficult. Some components are too "dumb" to do so (case, power buttons, general-purpose ICs on the logic board like charge controllers or voltage regulators) and the majority of the efforts will be reverse-engineered and cracked anyway.
- Nextgrid 6y agoThey can definitely be used for parts and would in fact be a valid (albeit illegal) source of genuine parts. There's no legal way to buy these parts, so the market makes up an alternative. Make the parts available at a reasonable price and suddenly this problem goes away.