Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoUsing inside info, iPhone thieves arrive at your house right after FedExarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down15cross-posted to: pulse_of_truth@infosec.pubtechnology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareTodd Bonzalez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down38·edit-21 month agoGenerating planet-harming e-waste out of brand new phones to spite thieves who are largely motivated by economic desperation… What an American idea. Edit: Your downvotes have changed my mind. Now I love corpo killswitches on all of the devices I own. /s
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoWell the thieves should be stealing from corporations and not peoples houses. That’s something I can get behind. Not bricking these devices will just mean that more people do it.
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI’m not adverse to stealing, just never off people that worked to earn it.
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI never said they were. I’m saying I’m all for fraud and stealing from stores but not off someone’s porch or house.
minus-squareEntropywins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoI’m about to take all your shit out of economic desperation…it’d be one thing if we didn’t have literal free food everywhere and free shelter may not be what you like but it’s there plus we give fucking smartphones away for free in the USA.
Generating planet-harming e-waste out of brand new phones to spite thieves who are largely motivated by economic desperation…
What an American idea.
Edit: Your downvotes have changed my mind. Now I love corpo killswitches on all of the devices I own. /s
Well the thieves should be stealing from corporations and not peoples houses. That’s something I can get behind.
Not bricking these devices will just mean that more people do it.
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I’m not adverse to stealing, just never off people that worked to earn it.
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I never said they were. I’m saying I’m all for fraud and stealing from stores but not off someone’s porch or house.
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I’m about to take all your shit out of economic desperation…it’d be one thing if we didn’t have literal free food everywhere and free shelter may not be what you like but it’s there plus we give fucking smartphones away for free in the USA.