Unlike Android, Apple has figured out a way to discourage people from stealing iPhones.
…As the number of iPhones stolen in looting increases, thieves are going to try selling them — but Apple has disabled all of them.
There is a reason professional thieves steal iPhones from people far less than before, and even more reason why they rarely take demo units from Apple Stores.
One more thing for taxpayers to worry about. From the Daily Caller:
…. . . A redacted IRS letter dated Sept. 8, 2011 reveals that at least in one case the IRS’s examiners used photos of a property, obtained through Google Maps, as evidence to revoke the 501(c)(4) status of a homeowner’s association.
Technology has made it very difficult to steal cars made after about 2000. The old cars that can be stolen are not very valuable. If it wasn’t for old Hondas retaining some of their value, auto theft would be down even further. From the New York Times:
…. . . 1990, the city had 147,000 reported auto thefts, one for every 50 residents; last year, there were just 7,400, or one per 1,100.
