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That is insane! How did you even manage to find them with digits transposed? By local seller, you must mean actually local to you? Sorry you got your stuff stol

That is insane! How did you even manage to find them with digits transposed? By local seller, you must mean actually local to you? Sorry you got your stuff stolen, I once had a Giant e-bike stolen in Jersey City, so I know how much it sucks. I firmly believe everything should have some kind of tracker if it is more than $2K in cost.

ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
Pretty much everything you get from Apple is trackable. That's both good and bad; depending on who you ask, but they know where every device is, as soon as it's turned on. That's why I wonder at folks stealing iPhones and iPads. They are basically unsellable.
- justinclift 4y ago
  This is from mid-2021, so not sure it's reliable (any more): https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/07/brazilian-criminals-detail-how-they-gain-access-to-bank-accounts-from-stolen-iphones/ https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/07/brazilian-criminals-detail-ho... Still... :(
  - justinclift 4y ago
    And there's this, which is current: https://archive.is/eEt4B https://archive.is/eEt4B
FireBeyond 4y ago
Funny you should ask. I’d put a message on it, some guy with more cojones than me calls me and says “I think I have your phone, I bought it on eBay. Since you’ve presumably got a new phone now, can you get it unlocked for me?” Nah bud. How do I know you are not the person who stole it? So I guess he went back to the seller, asked for an exchange. Seller said no, so he said “I have all your information, and I have the legit owner, so give me a different phone or I give him your info to take to the police.” Seller exchanges the phone and guy gives me the info anyway, including the listing. I take all the above discoveries to the police. Who, I kid you not, first say “he’s probably not the person who stole it”, though I could have sworn selling stolen goods was still a crime, and said as much. They declined to get involved.

ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago

Pretty much everything you get from Apple is trackable. That's both good and bad; depending on who you ask, but they know where every device is, as soon as it's turned on. That's why I wonder at folks stealing iPhones and iPads. They are basically unsellable.

justinclift 4y ago
This is from mid-2021, so not sure it's reliable (any more): https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/07/brazilian-criminals-detail-how-they-gain-access-to-bank-accounts-from-stolen-iphones/ https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/07/brazilian-criminals-detail-ho... Still... :(
- justinclift 4y ago
  And there's this, which is current: https://archive.is/eEt4B https://archive.is/eEt4B

FireBeyond 4y ago

Funny you should ask. I’d put a message on it, some guy with more cojones than me calls me and says “I think I have your phone, I bought it on eBay. Since you’ve presumably got a new phone now, can you get it unlocked for me?” Nah bud. How do I know you are not the person who stole it? So I guess he went back to the seller, asked for an exchange. Seller said no, so he said “I have all your information, and I have the legit owner, so give me a different phone or I give him your info to take to the police.” Seller exchanges the phone and guy gives me the info anyway, including the listing. I take all the above discoveries to the police. Who, I kid you not, first say “he’s probably not the person who stole it”, though I could have sworn selling stolen goods was still a crime, and said as much. They declined to get involved.