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iPhone looters find devices disabled, with a warning they’re being tracked
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<blockquote data-quote="OneMoreThing..." data-source="post: 1851850" data-attributes="member: 196927"><p><img src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iPhone-11-Pro-side-by-side-3-800x600.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iPhone-11-Pro-side-by-side-3.jpg" target="_blank">Enlarge</a> / The iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. (credit: Samuel Axon)</p><p> </p><p>Along with other retailers big and small, Apple Stores have been <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/05/31/apple-stores-smashed-and-looted-amid-george-floyd-protests" target="_blank">subject to looting</a> by opportunists amid the ongoing protests around the United States. In response, Apple has again closed all of its stores in the US. Stores had only recently reopened after closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>But looters who brought stolen iPhones home, or people who end up buying those phones in person-to-person transactions, are in for what may be a surprise: it appears that the stolen iPhones don't work and may even be tracked by Apple or authorities. This could pose a challenge for regular consumers who buy second-hand iPhones—as well as repair shops—in the coming weeks and months.</p><p>Individuals with iPhones allegedly looted from Apple stores found that the phones were automatically disabled and had messages like the following (via <a href="https://twitter.com/onlyfanobtainer/status/1266933834064572416" target="_blank">Twitter</a>) displayed on-screen:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1680834#p3" target="_blank">Read 5 remaining paragraphs</a> | <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1680834&comments=1" target="_blank">Comments</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1680834" target="_blank">Click here to view the article...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OneMoreThing..., post: 1851850, member: 196927"] [IMG]https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iPhone-11-Pro-side-by-side-3-800x600.jpg[/IMG][URL="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iPhone-11-Pro-side-by-side-3.jpg"]Enlarge[/URL] / The iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. (credit: Samuel Axon) Along with other retailers big and small, Apple Stores have been [URL="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/05/31/apple-stores-smashed-and-looted-amid-george-floyd-protests"]subject to looting[/URL] by opportunists amid the ongoing protests around the United States. In response, Apple has again closed all of its stores in the US. Stores had only recently reopened after closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. But looters who brought stolen iPhones home, or people who end up buying those phones in person-to-person transactions, are in for what may be a surprise: it appears that the stolen iPhones don't work and may even be tracked by Apple or authorities. This could pose a challenge for regular consumers who buy second-hand iPhones—as well as repair shops—in the coming weeks and months. Individuals with iPhones allegedly looted from Apple stores found that the phones were automatically disabled and had messages like the following (via [URL="https://twitter.com/onlyfanobtainer/status/1266933834064572416"]Twitter[/URL]) displayed on-screen: [URL="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1680834#p3"]Read 5 remaining paragraphs[/URL] | [URL="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1680834&comments=1"]Comments[/URL] [url=https://arstechnica.com/?p=1680834]Click here to view the article...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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