why are people still stealing iphones after iphone X ? - eviltoast

hello in case of a stealing what people can do after it was locked ? i’m seeing everywhere people saying they can unlock icloud bla-bla-bla surely a lot of scams but is it really 100% ? I also see people mentioning long time like 9-15 days, probably because they’re trying to phish the owner i’ve also seen techniques where they send fake bills to apple but i don’t think apple can fall in is kind of traps the last thing I see is people “who knows someone who can replace the chip” but since the ID is in the soc and soc/motherboard is worth the price of the phone … and even if they can bypass it it will be network locks so why steal iphones in 2023 ?

  • UGMadness@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    These security measures don’t actually deter the theft itself. The opportunity cost is simply too big, even if only one in 5 people are intimidated enough by the threats to unlock their phone, that still makes it worthwhile to steal iPhones.