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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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  - kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    TIL. That’s pretty neat.
    
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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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