Comment on I ain't risking shit

db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• potatopotato@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They rip them apart and use the non-serialized components as repair parts. If apple didn’t try to overcharge for and restrict repair parts this would be less of a thing.

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  • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Aren’t a lot of the parts married together though? Like, you can’t just replace a fingerprint sensor without throwing errors.

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    • Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Nah they have a good amount of replaceable parts on the inside. I used to repair iPhones a lot and the worst part was just the tiny components

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      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Activation lock is designed to prevent reuse of stolen parts like this. Don’t know how successful this is, what components it’s tied to, and it doesn’t work on older models.

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      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The key phrase here is “used to”. They’ve locked everything down in the past few years. Even the fucking battery is serialized and paired now.

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    • atro_city@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Maybe in USDystopia, but the EU is going after Pear for that.

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• Cruxifux@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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  • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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    • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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      • FridaySteve@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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    • Cruxifux@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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      • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Phones have IMEI numbers

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

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