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Photos show how Apple is tracking and locking demo iPhones that have been stolen from its stores

FILE PHOTO: Apple iPhone 11's are pictured inside of the Apple Store on Fifth Ave in the Manhattan borough of New YorkApple disables and tracks iPhones that are stolen from the demo stations in its stores, as numerous photos posted to social media have recently shown.The message being shown in the screenshots surfacing on social media apply to demo iPhones rather than the ones Apple sells.

Photos of reportedly stolen iPhones have been circulating on social media showing screenshots with a message from Apple requesting that the devices be returned to the store. "Please return to Apple Walnut Street," one screenshot read, likely referring to the Apple Store located on Walnut Street in Philadelphia. "This device has been disabled and is being tracked. Local authorities will be alerted."

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Just goes to show you how dumb the 'low lifes' are that took those phones. Did they have a brain? Did they really think that with the tech of 2020 it couldn't be tracked? To their safe spaces for a hug they go.

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