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Apple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammers (arstechnica.com)

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[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 163 points 2 days ago (4 children)

"These counterfeit phones, Cohen said, were either out of warranty or contained counterfeit parts, but Apple "wrongly" believed that they were real phones under real warranties"

So not counterfeit. Just real iPhones that were out of warranty or has been repaired by a third party.

[–] asyncopation@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

or has been repaired by a third party.

Oh, the horror!

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