Apple Insider:
As reported by The MetroWest Daily News, police said the Apple Natick Collection outlet was the scene of a speedy burglary on Tuesday perpetrated by a group of seven unidentified individuals. Described as a “pack,” the suspects are believed to be teens or young men and women.
And:
Wearing hoodies, the roving gang can be seen entering the mall at around 7:15 p.m., making a beeline straight for Apple. Once inside, the suspects gathered around display tables at the store’s entrance —iPhones are usually placed prominently on the sales floor to lure in passersby —ripped 19 iPhones from their security tethers and scrambled out. The heist was over in less than a minute.
This is not the first time this has happened. Apple is removing the tethers from the tables, replacing them with a software “kill switch” that disables the phones when they move out of range.
That’s a large and very upscale mall near me. Wouldn’t the phones be disabled by Apple just using the usual activation lock software?
Electric shocks administered remotely?
Actually, I’m intrigued by Apple’s move to make aspirational products worthless in the hands of thieves.
Well, that didn’t take long. Guess the thieves didn’t get the memo.
I wonder if the display iPhones just have a launchd that is essentially a 5 sec while-loop to ensure the phone is within proximity of store access point (by signal strength, for example) else enter Lost Mode.
now if Apple could build a computer, again … or a “real” Pro desktop/workstation…
Have you bought the last Pro when it came out?