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why are people still stealing iphones after iphone X ? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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 ?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Because people have apps on their phone that can facilitate identity theft. Just threaten them and force them to unlock the phone. There is organized crime that knows what they are doing.

Or resell to a sucker.