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That would make iPhones more attractive for theft, since someone else could then also break down your iPhone and sell it for parts.
by microtherion 3y ago
That would make iPhones more attractive for theft, since someone else could then also break down your iPhone and sell it for parts.
- Nextgrid 3y agoOnly if they can coerce you to release the lock. Which does happen occasionally (that’s how large-scale crime gangs currently do it, by sending phishing texts/emails in an attempt to get the user’s Apple credentials) but it still raises the cost of the attack dramatically.
- microtherion 3y agoNo, that is the current situation, that a stolen iPhone has very little value due to the lock. If it could be broken down into reusable parts, as the post I was responding to suggested, you could break down stolen iPhones and make money that way.