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I remember when stealing peoples iPhones and iPods on the subway was affectionately referred to as “apple picking” by the perpetrators. iCloud locking has cut t
by selectodude 4y ago
I remember when stealing peoples iPhones and iPods on the subway was affectionately referred to as “apple picking” by the perpetrators. iCloud locking has cut that down to almost nothing.
Rather not go back to the “fun” old days.
- reaperducer 4y agoAgreed. Thanks to the miracle of what is now called "Find My," I got to watch as my wife's newly stolen iPhone made its way from Rome to Tunisia. Unfortunately, in its early iterations, you could only locate an item, not take any action on that item. I suspect that wouldn't happen today, since I could now remotely lock the phone.
- raunak 4y agoSuch a strong pipeline of stolen Apple devices -> backdoor shady PC repair shops -> North Africa. I too got to watch my buddies iPhone’s live journey. At least it was a bit entertaining.
- jagger27 4y agoThe thing is that almost none of what I'm talking about are marked as stolen. They're just old devices bricked because they weren't removed from an account.
- selectodude 4y agoObjectively, what is the difference? With no real information, how can you tell?
- jagger27 4y agoObjectively, the result is a mountain of e-waste. edit: and of course, "Mark as lost" is a separate thing from iCloud locking. That's the difference.
- 369548684892826 4y ago> referred to as "apple picking" by the perpetrators There was a missed opportunity here to call it scrumping "To steal fruit, especially apples" - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrump https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrump
- SahAssar 4y agoWhy do this for even phones not marked as stolen? The video even suggests having a "timeout" of only allowing a reset after 30 days of inactivity, at which point the original owner has gotten plenty of time to mark it as stolen.