SHIFT: How Apple can stop stolen iPods forever |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 8:25 pm |
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It happens all too often. You turn your back, and bam! Your iPod is gone. It's been pinched. Jacked. Stolen. In fact, well over 50 million iPods have been taken illegally. One tragic murder has been attributed to a stolen iPod, and consumers have spent millions of dollars replacing their jacked players. If you're one of the victims of this gadget crime spree, how pissed off would you be if you discovered that Apple has the ability to report, disable, or at least help track these stolen goods? After the jump, I'll take a look at what can be done. Big Brother Like many consumers, I have a love/hate relationship with my iPod. One of the things I've had problems with is how cumbersome it is when I first log into iTunes to purchase songs. Is this one of my five "authorized" computers? Do I remember my user ID? Password? Is the credit card my music billed to still valid? Apple does a lot to make sure its DRM-encoded music is protected. But, what does Apple do to protect my music, my music [ Full article ] |
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