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[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

No, this is a thing because it’s lucrative. It’s also pretty quick and easy to disable a tracker if you have the right equipment.

[-] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

The devices in the apple store are not retail phones. They have special software that makes them dedicated trackers the second they leave the store’s perimeter.

[-] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

Do you have a source for that? Is it just an app?

[-] FridaySteve@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

It's not a retail device, and it's loaded with a store version of iOS. It's tracked specifically to that apple store. Here is a recent article. The phones are designed to work while they're connected to the apple store wifi and that's it. You'd get more useful spare parts if you robbed people outside a nightclub.

[-] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

TIL. That's pretty neat.

[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl -2 points 1 month ago

Yes, but these can be disabled and the phones still used for parts.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

They can only sell the battery and the speakers. The screen and the cameras are paired to the motherboard.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 1 month ago

I thought the batteries were paired now too

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Phones have IMEI numbers

There is also the fact that Apple runs a massive p2p wireless network

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