Given how expensive most iPhones are, and the fact that owners carry them with them everywhere, they’re attractive and easy targets for thieves, but they might soon become less appealing. That’s because according to an internal Apple memo obtained by MacRumors (opens in new tab), the company is implementing a system whereby Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers will be alerted if an iPhone that’s brought to them has been lost or stolen, and instructed not to repair it. The system will apparently work through a link to the GSMA Device Registry (opens in new tab), which is a global database where devices can be reported as lost or missing.
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