London's Met Police calls on tech companies to make stolen phones unusable and says it is sharing data with Apple to build a “global picture” of stolen devices
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Yang Tian / BBC: London’s Met Police calls on tech companies to make stolen phones unusable and says it is sharing data with Apple to build a “global picture” of stolen devices  —  The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen phones harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.

    • laz@pawb.socialEnglish
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      17 hours ago

      There’s a lot more than just China. Vietnam and Thailand are also hotspots. I heard Russia and Iran buy them for chips in drones as well, but I don’t know how true that is; I’ve not really looked into it.