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> They send them to countries where they aren't locked iphones will remain locked regardless of what country they're in. I presume you're talking about states
by throwaway27448 2mo ago
> They send them to countries where they aren't locked
iphones will remain locked regardless of what country they're in. I presume you're talking about states who are seemingly unwilling to pursue/prosecute claims of theft?
- kotaKat 2mo agothere's still a fairly lucrative parts stripping market and there are extreme efforts that are used to "unlock" locked devices - it has been known in the Chinese marketplace that you could get paired chips to do SMD rework with a "clean" set of identifiers. they'll swap the SOC, the flash, and the wireless all for a few bucks. older iOS devices as well are also vulnerable to having their syscfg rewritten via exploits, so you can "clean" a locked device that way as well with a good set of serials. Apple Watches are a hot one for this.
- hparadiz 2mo agoOn top of that a sizable percentage of theft victims don't even bother to report it stolen.
- throwaway27448 2mo agoYou can't activate the hardware with a different ID regardless. It requires the owner to relinquish ownership. I'm sure this is different with different components of course depending on how granularly apple tracks their hardware—but the whole package certainly can't be activated.
- djtango 2mo agoMy high level understanding is there are countries where things like IMEI barring aren't enforced and the actual unlocking of the phone is possible. Via jailbreaking or flashing I presume
- cocoto 2mo agoNot possible on modern iPhones.
- perpetuallunch 2mo agoPegasus installed via zero click 0 day exploit. Completely owned.
- Nextgrid 2mo agoNobody is wasting nation-state exploits to launder stolen phones.