APPLE STORE LOOTERS CAN'T USE STOLEN GADGETS ... Safeguards Already In Place

you can't spoof it on the fly like MAC address
because there's a 2nd key encoded in the firmware
that validates.

you have to rewrite the firmware with both keys,
the IMEI and the validation key.

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Iphones are made by slaves burn em all

If they didn't have the iCloud locking anti-theft feature, shit would be getting snatched out of people's hands 100x the rate they are now.

Do they really? Wow... I get bored so sometimes I watch the "beauty" channels for the "drama". LOL They have these $1000s purses and I don't remember the names but I'm suppose to be impressed by them because of the way they talk about them. Leaving them to their children as??? pieces of art??? wha??? anyway, they talk about those things like they are precious. And they are ALL ugly purses. UGLY, UGLY, UGLY!!! I don't see the lure and I'm a girl.... I don't understand the whole "glamour" crowd thingie but it's good for laughs and comedy relief. Let's see.... Jeffree Star and Rich Lux are the only two who's names I know... wait, there's that kid, James Charles, he's always in some drama crap like Jeffree is. But they have these purses and all. Stupid crap to spend money on IMO. Serial numbers on them huh? Figures. LMAO

The JTTF will be tracking and tracing these fools for years.

All part of the plan.

I know nothing about playstation but seen enough
discussion of the iphone now. there's no way you're
going to spoof it on the fly with just the IMEI.

the IMEI is being validated by a paired validation key.

if you change the IMEI, the validation fails.

there's a comment that expands on Apple specifics...

[link to security.stackexchange.com (secure)]

"modern iOS no longer uses NCK codes - the locking is enforced by the OS and it knows which networks it's locked on when it first talks to Apple during the "activation" procedure (where it gets credentials for notifications, FaceTime, etc). The configuration file is transmitted over TLS and is itself signed, so it's pretty hard to forge an "unlock" file"

so there's not even encryption specifics in the phone,
during setup the validation key is generated on Apple's
server so they can alter the algorithm if it's cracked,
and then it's written back into the firmware.


this is on a par with bitcoin as far as crackability.

if you have hardware access, you can rewrite the keyed
pairs from another phone but even that's going to be
an issue now if Apple is dynamically altering the
encryption algorithm on the fly, i.e. old pairs
get aged out against another key.

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The looters will sell them to unsuspecting people for a big discount.....

Apple must know their liberal base very very well

Is anybody subscribed to AppleMusic? The irony is not lost on me that today they will not allow you to purchase any new music, only allowing you to listen to their Beats1 radio station with BlackLiveMatter virtue signalling messaging.

The song being played when I tuned in? Fuck Tha Police by NWA.

you ship them to Afghanistan, at that stage its someone elses problem

lol

Lol

that's almost certainly true.

maybe can ship them to South America, Mexico, East Asia, too.

now I know why so many used phones are for sale in Asia.

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Thing is the looter thugs probably don't have the know how on how to do that. If they did, they would probably have well paying jobs.

Thank god spotify isn't doing this. They have some play lists on the home screen regarding blm, but you can still play your normal music. I might have to cancel my subscription and go back to piracy if they were pulling what apple is doing.

but it still ghetto af

well the people taking them wont know what the fuck to do to get them working. Sell an 800 dollar phone for 30 bucks to someone who does. who cares - its a free 30....

But when it turns out the device was stolen it would be fairly straight forward to track back to the sellers account wouldn’t it?

Any legitimate seller should be willing to give you the IMEI or serial number of the device which you could then contact apple to confirm it's not stolen. If they wont provide that info move on to the next auction.

We are talking about people with an average IQ of 85 here.