So my iPhone 14 Pro Max and MacBook Pro was stolen in Hong Kong a week ago, and they are going far now..GoodFroge t1_j0g39lz wrote
Like others have said, it’s going to be stripped for parts.
But, beware! An extra part of this is that you’ll start getting phishing texts to try and trick you into unblocking the phone. Do NOT respond to them or click on anything they send you.
BZXY741 OP t1_j0g3ury wrote
O right! Thank you very much for reminding, I didn’t know this
unsteadied t1_j0gfrfq wrote
Got these for literal months after I got robbed at gunpoint while living briefly in Colombia. They didn’t stop until I logged onto the phishing site and filled in the password and email fields with “go fuck yourself you thieving cunts” en espanol.
chiahri t1_j0g61h9 wrote
Oh that makes sense cuz we have this online shop that directly sells from china and they have a lot of “original iphone parts” in stock, always been wondering how they got it, I thought they had it as a surplus from factories. Sucks that it came from stolen devices
inno7 t1_j0hofkw wrote
Question- is there anything bad that can happen if I only click the link and later close the tab?
Creative_Addition736 t1_j0hzhco wrote
Depends what device your using. iPhone, definitely not (unless you click something on the website), Mac, probably not, Android, potentially, Windows, highly likely
AbhishMuk t1_j0iigsw wrote
I get that this is an iPhone subreddit, but fyi Android exploits go for much higher than iOS ones. Iirc zerodium has a “periodic” table with the reward money for every level.
Edit: see https://www.wired.com/story/android-zero-day-more-than-ios-zerodium/
>Quote: “The zero-day market is so flooded by iOS exploits that we've recently started refusing some them," Zerodium's founder Chaouki Bekrar wrote
And this has been so for a while - the article is from 2019, but current top payouts are still 2 & 2.5 mil for iOS/android on https://zerodium.com/program.html.
Re-edit: ofc I was downvoted for giving detailed information, why am I not surprised
Creative_Addition736 t1_j0iv4na wrote
Thanks, I don’t have time yet to read them, but I assume these are text vulnerabilities? The closed architecture of iOS makes it very hard to exploit, which may be the reason for the cheaper iPhone Vulnerability prices? It might not work against the System Architecture
AbhishMuk t1_j0jgoev wrote
Unfortunately I’m not familiar with what you mean by system architecture or text vulnerabilities in this context. The wired article talked about iOS having memory vulnerabilities.
rust-crate-helper t1_j0ibe40 wrote
This isn’t really accurate. Not only would a zero day not require clicking, but windows zero days are really not that common. I doubt a phone thief would have one. Maybe a certain Israeli security company.
Colefinney1234onyt t1_j0gi9k5 wrote
Maby you should you most likely will never get the phone back so why let it be iCloud locked
joshi95 t1_j0gkubu wrote
And give the thieves wat they want? Why would you?
Colefinney1234onyt t1_j0gle5y wrote
You ant geting that phone back would you want it to be ewast or at least have some use. Lots of phones fall victims to iCloud lock would you make another one.
linsage t1_j0gt8nl wrote
Woah that’s some communist idealogy you’ve got there.
BarneyrealG t1_j0gufqq wrote
“someone just stole you 1000$ dollar phone you worked so hard for, let the thieves be able to get away with it”
yeah thats the most ridiculous shit i’ve ever read in here not gonna lie
linsage t1_j0guza8 wrote
Right like… mayyybe making thieves lives more difficult will encourage them to find different careers??
bigsmallhands t1_j0gvtk0 wrote
Exactly. Scammers and thieves only keep doing what they do because they get rewards. People need to keep the lights on somehow and if they aren't getting any "business" they will quit and find something else to do.
francis8721 t1_j0gwscj wrote
They have the software to remove iCloud activation via rootkit so either way our devices are history.
bigsmallhands t1_j0h65u4 wrote
Yeah I have a hard time believing that with how many devices are for sale with iCloud lock on them. If it was easy or at least possible to remove the lock, you’d sure think these large eBay sellers would do it to be able to sell devices for more money. Also iCloud lock is administered through the phone contacting Apples servers when it’s connected to the internet, so removing the lock wouldn’t work unless the device somehow stayed offline from Wi-Fi and cellular data which is unrealistic as doing anything these days needs some form of connection to the internet. The only way to get around the lock would be to change the serial number and IMEI so that way when it phones home to apples server, it would show as a device that wasn’t locked.
bayleafbabe t1_j0he61l wrote
It’s pretty dumb but let’s not confuse it with communism.
Mikey_BC t1_j0gwzmp wrote
I think this is the thief 🤣
Peanutbutter_4380 t1_j0h0651 wrote
thats enough internet today, see you tomorrow
iphone4Suser t1_j0hc9k4 wrote
You don't seem sane.
Xindependent777 t1_j0i9fs1 wrote
Of course i don’t give a fck about ewaste lol
Colefinney1234onyt t1_j0idls0 wrote
Then why don’t you put it in lost mode if you did not and get the police involved if you have not allredy Maby they could go to that location and get them back
Xindependent777 t1_j0lr46w wrote
Yeah because Police in chine will bother to help a foreigner help recover his stolen iPhone from the chinese mafia like community of resellers.. as if putting it lost mode will help so they don’t disassemble it lol
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