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Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it - Gothamist (gothamist.com)

submitted 5 months ago by 1984 to c/technology@lemmy.world

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This is a very entertaining and educational article, giving insights into the methods used by thiefs to try and get access to your phone data.

I don't like Apple but it's great that their security is so good when it comes to this.

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[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

IT was the owner and obviously consented to their own actions.

You didn't read the post.

You pretty much MUST use paid mobile device management tools to set up and administer company owned Apple hardware, and those tools are notoriously annoying and often just bad

[–] matthewc@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

MDM would have been used regardless of OS.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 months ago

Read again - for most other devices there are cheap and often some free administration tools that small businesses can use. And for many devices they can just reinstall them. But for Apple devices pretty much everything is expensive or very limited.