As an area where Apple’s iPhone, iPad, Mac and other technology products are displayed and sold in a centralized fashion, Apple’s official retail stores have always been a haven for fruit powder, but they are also easily targeted by criminals.

The two Apple Stores were "robbed," less than an hour before and after

Recently, a US media report from 10 News stated that two retail stores in San Diego, California, were “robbed” and that it took less than an hour.

According to follow-up reports, three men were involved in "robberies," and they thought it was the same group that "robbed" the two Apple Stores. The police initially estimated that the value of their "robberies" was about 10,000 US dollars, but some people thought that the highest value of 20,000 yuan was robbed; it is understood that they succeeded mainly in computers and mobile phones.

However, as the case progressed, the police finally confirmed that although the three men had knives, they acted more like theft because they did not threaten anyone's safety.

The police said:

The three men entered a retail store on the ground floor, stole an unknown amount of goods, and then sneaked into a waiting silver Chevrolet sedan. The men were probably in their twenties; and those goods were taken from the store's desk, and those people cut the security cables of the goods.

In fact, this time the Apple Store stolen was not the first time this week. On April 26th, there was also a theft at an Apple retail store in Corte Madera, Calif., where 17 iPhones, 3 iPads, and 2 Macs were stolen and closed at around $24,000.

It is worth noting that the suspects of this incident were young people aged 20 or above.

Apple has a long-term strategy: the use of stolen things useless

But don't worry. With Apple's ability to control its products, the above-mentioned stolen goods have no use for stealers.

According to the foreign media 9to5Mac report, in fact, Apple has carried out a very strict protection mechanism for the exhibits in the Apple Store. In addition to the high security and very obvious security cables of some people, the system inside the display products has also done a lot of protection. Measures:

For example, the demo iPhone will be automatically reset after it is turned off and then on; once it is disconnected from the WiFi in the Apple Store, it will not be able to do anything and will always ring (that is, the Find My Phone function). Until the power is turned off. Of course, as an impediment mechanism, these iPhones will also be inactive.

In fact, Apple has deployed a unique system image for the iPhone display in retail stores. This image has a lot of self-protection mechanisms; for example, we cannot add passwords and fingerprints to it, nor can we change Safari's home page.

In addition, Apple also added a “Kill Switch” feature to the system image, which is why this feature has rendered the prototype ineffective after leaving the Apple Store’s WiFi coverage. This also eliminates the hassle of having retail employees manually operate Fine My iPhone.

It is this protection mechanism that also makes Apple take a more radical approach in the next generation Apple Store. On October 13, 2016, Apple showed a newly designed retail store in London. One of the most eye-catching changes was that the display sample in this store was not connected with a security cable; Apple’s explanation was that it could make people more able to Hold products in comfort, try out protective covers, and experience the feeling of putting them in your pocket.

Of course, once the prototype leaves the Apple Store, the alarm will sound immediately.

This section of the illustration comes from: 9to5mac

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