• psvrh@lemmy.ca
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    27 days ago

    Aren’t these things trackable? Don’t phones have an IMEI and can’t they be remote-bricked if stolen?

    I mean, police don’t care, but Apple could render these useless if they wanted to.

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      27 days ago

      I mean it still makes a great camera, even if imei is blacklisted.

      I don’t even use SIM cards, for security, so I literally wouldn’t notice.

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      26 days ago

      Generating planet-harming e-waste out of brand new phones to spite thieves who are largely motivated by economic desperation…

      What an American idea.

      Edit: Your downvotes have changed my mind. Now I love corpo killswitches on all of the devices I own. /s

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        27 days ago

        Well the thieves should be stealing from corporations and not peoples houses. That’s something I can get behind.

        Not bricking these devices will just mean that more people do it.

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          27 days ago

          Well the thieves should be stealing from corporations and not peoples houses. That’s something I can get behind.

          Nice distinction between personal and private property. There is a lesson here folks

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                  26 days ago

                  We are aligned Iwas just clarifying the distinction between the two.

                  Personal property is owned by humans, “private” property is a term that got diluted when corporates were given all of these rights without any “personal” responsibility

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        27 days ago

        The US isn’t as bad as some Americans. In Ecuador it’s literally illegal for any business to sell used phones. The reason is to discourage phone theft.

        Its really sad :(

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            26 days ago

            I really don’t know what happens to them. I suspect they just get thrown in the trash. But the phones here are cheap Chinese trash that break pretty fast anyway

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        27 days ago

        I’m about to take all your shit out of economic desperation…it’d be one thing if we didn’t have literal free food everywhere and free shelter may not be what you like but it’s there plus we give fucking smartphones away for free in the USA.