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Germany seems to lead in terms of requests/population by a longshot.

• totalZero 6y ago
  Assuming the data is available, we should prefer to normalize by # of active customers rather than population. The average German consumer is more likely to buy an Apple device than, say, the average Mexican consumer.
  • tpush 6y ago
    Germany has 17x the number of device requests of France while having a similar population count and iPhone usage.
• Asmod4n 6y ago
  Not surprising. Our Agency to protect Computers and such will also soonish be forced to buy or code 0-days for iPhone et al data extraction.
• occamrazor 6y ago
  In the country report Apple explains that the high number of device requests is due to investigation of stolen devices.
  • Zak 6y ago
    That's a bit surprising given Germany's overall low crime rate. I wonder if one of these is true: * German police put an unusual level of effort into locating stolen devices * Many mobile devices stolen in other countries end up in Germany * Germany has a high rate of phone theft despite low crime overall
    • IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
      It's almost certainly the first. Or, more specifically, not "an unusual level of effort", but having a system and/or just deciding to include such requests as standard procedure for thefts. I'm somewhat surprised, tbh, as I was under the impression that petty theft just isn't actively investigated because it's neither much of a problem, nor economical to do so.