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Technology3h 22m ago

The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen phones harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.

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London, England, Wales, China

Who
Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, Apple, Kate Adams, home secretary
What
The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen phones harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.
When
Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:38:59 GMT · 3h 22m ago
Where
London, England, Wales, China ·
Why
If stolen phones cannot be reactivated, their value collapses, and so does the incentive to steal them.
The Frontline Impact

How this affects you

This initiative aims to diminish the international trade in stolen phones, which is worth millions of dollars, by making devices unusable and thus reducing the incentive for theft.

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5 events in this thread
  1. Technology53m ago
    The Met Police has started sharing data with Apple to track stolen handsets more closely and push for new legislation to make stolen devices harder to reuse.
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  2. Technology3h 22m ago
    The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen phones harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.
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  3. Technology3h 22m ago
    The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen phones harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.
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  4. Currently Reading3h 22m ago
    The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen phones harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.
  5. Technology4h 23m ago
    Apple has made a global security change to allow stolen phone “identifiers” to be shared with police, so the handsets can be tracked and found if they reappear in circulation.
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