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Cant they block those device serials from connecting to the App Store and phone network? What am I missing?
by edmundsauto 4y ago
Cant they block those device serials from connecting to the App Store and phone network? What am I missing?
- antoniuschan99 4y agoit's always taken apart and sold for parts nowadays
- edmundsauto 4y agoAhhhhh that makes sense. Thanks for closing the loop in my brain. I wonder what the economics of a phone chop shop ring looks like.
- flatiron 4y agoWouldn’t they detect said parts and have the phone not boot? Seems like a pretty easy fix. All those parts have serial numbers recognized by the OS
- comboy 4y agoDon't they do some part of identification for more expensive parts like battery and display so that you can't even switch them between two phones? But maybe I remember that wrong.
- nichohel 4y agoIt seems like we (good people) would want Apple to prevent these stolen, parted-out components from being used as replacement parts. Apple could prevent that, in theory through software that looks at secure serial numbers from components ... but how will this comport with "right to repair"?
- thematt 4y agoThey can do more than that, they can brick them: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/06/01/apple-warns-looters-with-stolen-iphones-you-are-being-tracked/?sh=3632a1cf5098 https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/06/01/apple-war...