Anyone want an Apple product?

[rogerfederer]

So you're not a contractor, but a permie

I'm not a one-man band contractor, no, but the consultancy chief. Being offered a phone isn't the same as accepting a phone. Everywhere tries that trick to ensure they can get a hold of staff, third parties, whomever, at any time. Always reject, even if a permie.

As for Darmstadt's link:
you can send through numerous issues with Apple kit, but in totality the number of privacy invasions and security issues is so much lower than that of Google android and Google services to make them incomparable with regards to security. Compile a list and Google services invade beyond almost any other internet service.

[darmstadt]

Apple IDFA: https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/16/ap...cy-complaints/

[Eirikur]

I've never been given a corporate Android phone,

So you're not a contractor, but a permie

[rogerfederer]

Try de-Appling an apple?

You don't have to enable or use facetime, imessage or icloud. You can then have a secure and private phone that is up there with the most secure possible whilst still maintaining features.

Look at the bug-list and CVE security list for Apple vs any iteration of Google Android. Android is a mess.

I've never been given a corporate Android phone, which also suggests they are far too easy to compromise.

My complaint in this thread is that Android flagship phones are just as expensive or more expensive than Apple phones, yet on top of that Google then monetise you further through monitoring you, using and selling your personal data, meaning the total cost to you for using it is clearly higher than just buying the phone. Apple don't do that and so should be awarded some respect for doing so.

People can't install some untested, mis-coded junk on an Apple product and have a far lower chance of being able to get malware on their phone as as result of this walled garden approach. When it comes to security and, more importantly, privacy that makes them superior. I wish it weren't so, but it is so.

[vetran]

Would that be the phone that I pay a very high price for, falls in value on the second hand market like a rock, but also has google tracking almost every aspect of the use to monetise my information?

Surely apple kit is a better deal as it's also medium to high priced but doesn't have this monetisation? Even if I root an android phone and try to de-google it, it's still extremely insecure in comparison as a result of using Lineage-OS or eOS.

Try de-Appling an apple?

[rogerfederer]

Even on the black market they will still be more expensive than a (legally purchased) high end and superior android phone

Would that be the phone that I pay a very high price for, falls in value on the second hand market like a rock, but also has google tracking almost every aspect of the use to monetise my information?

Surely apple kit is a better deal as it's also medium to high priced but doesn't have this monetisation? Even if I root an android phone and try to de-google it, it's still extremely insecure in comparison as a result of using Lineage-OS or eOS.

[Paralytic]

Even on the black market they will still be more expensive than a (legally purchased) high end and superior android phone

[Eirikur]

Even on the black market they will still be more expensive than a (legally purchased) high end and superior android phone

[Paralytic]

Surely they just can just go here to locate them?

iCloud - Find My - Apple (UK)

Simples

[Paddy]

They now need to get rid of stuff quickly. There will be a large apple turnover.

[northernladuk]

Inside job. Another one will get done over in a couple of week IMO.

[SueEllen]

M1 lorry hijack gang stole GBP5m of Apple products, say police | Crime | The Guardian

Police are searching for a gang they believe stole £5m of Apple products during a hijacking on the M1.

Officers said a lorry was targeted on a slip road in Northamptonshire. The driver and a security guard were tied up while the thieves drove their vehicle a short distance, before transferring the goods to their own truck and abandoning the pair.

Northamptonshire police said they believe the gang then moved all 48 pallets of Apple products to a third vehicle about 10 miles away, before dumping the truck and driving off.

They are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which took place between 7.45pm and 8pm on Tuesday 10 November.

“Officers would like to speak to anyone who may have seen a number of vehicles on the slip road at junction 18 between the stated times, which may have looked out of place, or who may have dashcam footage of this area,” the force said on Tuesday.

“They would also like to speak to anyone who may have been offered any Apple products for sale in unusual circumstances, or who knows of anyone who is selling such items at low-cost prices.”

The hijacking took place on the motorway between Northampton and Rugby. The thieves drove the lorry with the tied-up occupants eastwards to the village of Crick, about half a mile away, police said. After that, they made the short journey north over the border into Leicestershire and dumped the second vehicle in the town of Lutterworth.

A police spokesman said the stolen consignment included Apple Watches, a variety of iPads and charging devices.

In June, the BBC reported that iPhones stolen during looting in the US were tracked, disabled and the local authorities notified.

The broadcaster reported that devices displayed messages saying: “Please return to Apple Walnut Street. This device has been disabled and is being tracked. Local authorities will be alerted.” The store was one that had been targeted by the looters.

The firm has not responded to a request for comment and it is not clear whether or not the devices stolen in the UK are tracked, nor whether any information has been provided to the authorities.

After thieves targeted two Apple stores in Perth, Australia, last September, officers said the stolen phones had inbuilt security functions which the manufacturer would enable, rendering the phones unusable.