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> On Sep 27, 2023, at 2:46 PM, M. Taylor <markthew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Looting Apple Stores is pointless, as these people quickly found out > By iMore > published about 2 hours ago > > People have been stealing things from Apple Stores for as long as Apple > Stores have been a thing, but something a ton of people seemingly aren't > aware of is that it's entirely pointless. They can't possibly know, because > they keep on doing it. > > The latest example came after people looted the Apple Walnut Street store in > Philadelphia, taking iPhone 15 handsets and more as they went. The problem > is, and as some soon found out, stealing an iPhone and other products from > Apple does little more than put a warrant on your head. > > And the iPhone won't even work anyway. > > Don't steal, folks > You've probably already seen the news stories of looters breaking into > stores yesterday, including an Apple Store. There were even people > live-streaming the entire thing on TikTok which probably wasn't the greatest > of ideas. But all of that aside, we saw something else, people finding out > that iPhones shut down the minute they leave the Apple Store they were just > stolen from. And it gets worse. > > As some on X have already pointed out, iPhones stolen in this manner don't > just politely ask you to take them back to where they came from, they do, do > that as well, but they also start to record their surroundings. You'll note > the little green light in the image below. > > The result? Stealing an iPhone probably puts your face on camera. > Notably, the green status light means that they are being filmed > > So there we have it. As if stealing an iPhone wasn't already a bad idea, you > probably just made it double-easy for the police to identify you. > > Oh, and there's more. Each iPhone can be tracked as well, so you might be > leading police to your door. Stolen iPhones display on-screen messages that > read "The device has been disabled and is being tracked. Local authorities > will be alerted." > > So, yeah. Don't steal iPhones. Or anything else for that matter. > > Original Article at: > https://www.imore.com/iphone/iphone-15/looting-apple-stores-is-pointless-as- > these-people-quickly-found-out > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/000401d9f18c%241d9dda20%2458d98e60%24%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/1B7F2EA0-33A9-4B4A-A68B-FF5136638AAE%40gmail.com.
