Of course I don't promote stealing of any sort, but it's of course also a bit silly to say that people have been stealing from Apple Stores as long as Apple Stores have been around. People have also been stealing from all other stores as long as the stores have been around and people have been stealing from each other as long as people have been around. Anyways, if thiefs are smart they would simply put the phone in one of these boxes or bags which prevent any signals from getting out and what many forget is that while a stolen and locked phone may seem to be of little use to anybody, often these phones are simply taken apart for their parts which in themselves are still valueable.
-----Original Message----- From: M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 2:46 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Looting Apple Stores is Pointless, as these people quickly found out, iMore 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 V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000201d9f18b%24f9ea4b90%24edbee2b0%24%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/PH7PR12MB5656228F99734FD3DFB9182FC7C2A%40PH7PR12MB5656.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.
