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this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2024
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In person at an apple store.
I bought an iphone used off a friend who stopped being my friend immediately after. I never wanted an apple product, but my phone broke, I was poor and he sold it to me for $50.
I didn't know you needed the apple id and password to SIGN OUT of anything. I sent him messages, did the whole "click here to request a new password" thing so he would get an e-mail about it...to his apple e-mail which, let's be honest, no one uses.
Not being able to use the full functionality sucked, but I could manage. What was worse was receiving pictures and messages intended for him.
I did what any sane person would do and brought it to the apple store. The first person who helped me repeated "Our security systems protect your privacy" so many times, no matter what I said, I lost my shit, shouted "I would like to sign out so I can stop seeing nudes of this guy's girlfriend!"
They didn't help and I bought an android.
iphones are decent devices from a security standpoint, but useless if someone is still signed in. Your former friend sold you a $50 brick
It still worked as a phone.
Calling features "Security" when they significantly reduce the secondary market is a convenient way to increase profits.
No, its a consequence of increased security and the inconvenience of have to sign out and create a new account when reselling the phone was an acceptable compromise, rather than an intended ‘bonus’ side effect. A lot of times companies do do that, but this wasn’t one off them.
This was your friend’s fault, and yours to trade cash before understanding how the system worked.