During the recent violent clashes and riots in the American city of Los Angeles, protesters stole a large number of iPhones from the Apple Store. But now these stolen iPhones have started giving warnings themselves.
The screen of this phone reads “Please return the phone to the Apple Store. This device has been locked and is being tracked. Local police are being notified”.
The incident took place in the downtown area of Los Angeles. Where protests against the actions against immigrants began. But within a few hours the protests turned violent and shops started being vandalized and looted.
Apple has installed special software in demo iPhones kept in its stores. This software locks the phone as soon as it is stolen, starts tracking it and shows an alert message.
According to a CNN report, Apple has made this security feature only for demo phones kept in stores. This feature is not available in regular consumer phones.
Apple has been using this technology for years to prevent theft from stores. As soon as the demo phone is taken out of the store, it automatically locks and tracking is activated.
Many videos related to the theft of this phone have gone viral on social media. In this, some people stole the phone from the Apple store, but as soon as the phone was turned on, a warning started appearing on the screen and the phone stopped working.
