> I know mobile networks keep lists of stolen devices, but they can't be used at all? Like all possible recovery modes demand authentication? Newer phones for,

> I know mobile networks keep lists of stolen devices, but they can't be used at all? Like all possible recovery modes demand authentication? Newer phones for, I want to say maybe the last 5 years, yeah. If it's turned off and you don't have the code to boot it, you can't access any kind of bootloader or recovery mode, it just shows a screen with an obfuscated email that is required to unlock it or something similar. Gone are the days of just being able to do a factory reset.