[ruthmarx]

> I know mobile networks keep lists of stolen devices, but they can't be used at all? Like all possible recovery modes demand authentication?

Newer phones for, I want to say maybe the last 5 years, yeah.

If it's turned off and you don't have the code to boot it, you can't access any kind of bootloader or recovery mode, it just shows a screen with an obfuscated email that is required to unlock it or something similar.

Gone are the days of just being able to do a factory reset.

[sroussey]

True, but my iPhone 15 Pro was stolen, powered down, and likely ended up in china for parts.