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> legitimate anti-theft and anti-fraud implications of part locking Here's how they could solve that: - If your iPhone gets stolen, you report it to Apple. i
by lopis 4y ago
> legitimate anti-theft and anti-fraud implications of part locking
Here's how they could solve that:
- If your iPhone gets stolen, you report it to Apple. iPhone gets locked and unusable. Serial numbers of all phone parts get marked as stolen and become unusable. iPhone becomes scrap metal and the market for stolen parts dies. They decide not to implement this, therefore they don't care about theft.
- If your iPhone gets repaired with illegitimate parts without your permission, your iPhone warns you: "This part is not original Apple!". If you accepted this risk and allowed your repair person to use non-original parts, it's your responsibility, and your phone. Apple chose not to do this; even original parts from other phones are unusable, therefore they don't care about anti-fraud either.
Apple wants your money and don't want your fixing your iPhone unless forced to.
- tpmoney 4y ago> Serial numbers of all phone parts get marked as stolen and become unusable. How does this happen without part locking and phone home protocols for repairs though which is exactly what so many people are up in arms about? Seriously I'm trying to envision a system that allows a stolen part to be made "unusable" after the fact, while not also requiring that you make some sort of "mother may I" request to Apple with the serial number of the new phone and "new" part.
- lopis 4y agoI don't think the problem is the part locking and phone home. Is what that tech is being used for. Right now you are not able to buy a defective iPhone from a willing seller to salvage some of its parts into your phone, even if the phone you bought was not reported as stolen. They have the tech, and they chose to use it for control and profit.