Those IDs are what carriers and Apple use for activation, warranty, inventory, and lost or stolen reports.
With a public IMEI or serial, someone can try to abuse the systems built around those numbers: attempt a fraudulent lost or stolen report, which can get a device blocked from cellular networks, or clone the number onto counterfeit handsets, a known trick that works by copying IMEIs straight off retail packaging.
Source: International Cyber Digest.
Always nice to see people with high decision making power who understand the technology their minions work with
I believe he was hired to manage the stock price for shareholders. I’m sure he often forgets what their product is at all
This doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. They have a yearly data leak…
Well it’s easy to see why he makes 320% more than the person who knows how things work around there.
Is that bad?
For him: yes, he even deleted his post.
Can you explain why? Why do the serial number and IMEI matter?
Post mentions that
It was edited. Thanks.
Uhhh… I don’t want one of those. I’ll wait…
