Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it
gothamist.com
Don’t fall for these texts from scammers trying to crack into your stolen phone.

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.

  • BeardedBlaze@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    5 months ago

    Your “IT” could’ve literally do fresh install of MacOS. I’m not a fan of Apple, but that’s just silly.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      5 months ago

      Pretty sure that’s what they were trying to do. I know for sure that on iPhones, if you ever sign in (which I think is required), wiping the phone doesn’t matter, it’s still locked to that account somehow – a ROM chip on the board stores the account info somehow I think? I think their computers work the same way now.

      On other systems, logging in means that: you’ve logged in. And you should be right: wiping the OS should always remove any login/account status. If Apple wants to provide some system like this for people worried about theft, cool, let them opt into it. But don’t force every user to.