iPhone: Why does an iPhone stolen from an Apple store become a useless box? What is the company's security system?
Nowadays, a video is viral on social media, in which a person is seen taking away several iPhones from an Apple Store, but the surprising thing is that the staff do not even try to stop him. You must be thinking, how can the staff of the Apple Store be so careless? The matter is something else. The iPhones kept in the Apple Store are demo units, which have such strong security that there is no benefit in stealing them. Here know is what Apple's high-tech security system and how it works.
The tracking system is on all the time.
Every demo iPhone kept in the Apple Store has an active tracking system installed, which tracks the live location of the phone. If someone tries to take the phone out of the store, the company gets its information immediately. This makes it easier to catch the thief.
As soon as the demo unit goes out of the store, a warning message This device has been locked and cannot be used appears on its screen. This means that the phone can neither be turned on, nor reset, nor linked to any iCloud account. As soon as it leaves the store, this phone becomes just a useless box.
Demo iPhones do not get removed from iCloud.
Apple demo phones have iCloud Activation Lock feature turned on. This means that it is not easy to reset the phone or remove the iCloud account from it, unless you have the real ID and password of the store. Even after theft, the phone becomes completely unusable.
No use, no resale value
Stolen demo iPhones can neither be used nor sold. Apple's hardware and software systems are designed in such a way that if someone removes the parts of these demo units and installs them in another iPhone, then they also do not work. In such a situation, these devices become completely junk.
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