badgolferman wrote on Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:03:22 -0000 (UTC) :
Mostly new iPhones are being stolen according to the article.
So why do you think iPhones are more popular with the thieves than
Androids?
It's a good question to ask.
Normally I understand almost everything about why people do things with
iPhones (because I study these strange people) but I don't know thieves.
Let me look back into the article to see what they conjecture:
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https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/18/porch-pirates-appear-to-be-accessing-att-data-to-track-iphone-deliveries/>
a. The thieves appear to be working from within AT&T
b. Those within AT&T are selling the data to the porch pirates
c. That data appears to be current iPhone deliveries
"There has been a marked uptick in iPhones being stolen from
doorsteps after being ordered from AT&T and delivered by Fedex,
apparently with the help of real-time delivery updates"
The main hint in the article is this sentence:
"AT&T is one of the few telecom companies that, in many cases,
doesn't require signatures for high-value deliveries like iPhones."
Of course, a high-end Samsung Galaxy would also be a "high value delivery",
so the question is why is the article talking mainly about iPhones.
Dunno.
I only know that it is.
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