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Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it - Gothamist (gothamist.com)

submitted 5 months ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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This is a very entertaining and educational article, giving insights into the methods used by thiefs to try and get access to your phone data.

I don't like Apple but it's great that their security is so good when it comes to this.

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[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It was a small company, as he said elsewhere, negating your first 4 options, and the last two of blaming the user are equally stupid because Apple can fix this and doesn't want to. Not everybody has an MDM tool which can set up ownership right for Apple devices - and they should not have to

It's shameful that you have a bunch of upvotes and he's getting downvotes