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Apple disables iPhones stolen in Los Angeles looting
The company's anti-theft tech in action.
Looters who reportedly lifted the smartphones from the Apple Tower Theatre store in downtown Los Angeles were greeted with a blaring alarm and a message warning them to return the devices to their rightful owners, according to independent reporter Brendan Gutenschwager, who posted a video of the devices on June 10. Local authorities will be alerted," the message on the iPhone display reads in Gutenschwager's video. The demo iPhones in Apple Store locations worldwide are equipped with special security software which locks the phone when carried out of the store, tracks its location, and notifies the authorities.
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