Porch pirates appear to be accessing AT&T data to track iPhone deliveries

[Andrews]

Porch pirates appear to be accessing AT&T data to track iPhone deliveries
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/18/porch-pirates-appear-to-be-accessing-att-data-to-track-iphone-deliveries/

Mostly new iPhones are being stolen according to the article.

[badgolferman]

Post by Andrews
Porch pirates appear to be accessing AT&T data to track iPhone deliveries
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/18/porch-pirates-appear-to-be-accessing-att-data-to-track-iphone-deliveries/
Mostly new iPhones are being stolen according to the article.

So why do you think iPhones are more popular with the thieves than
Androids?

[Andrews]

Post by badgolferman

Post by Andrews
Mostly new iPhones are being stolen according to the article.

So why do you think iPhones are more popular with the thieves than
Androids?

It's a good question to ask.

Normally I understand almost everything about why people do things with
iPhones (because I study these strange people) but I don't know thieves.

Let me look back into the article to see what they conjecture:
<https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/18/porch-pirates-appear-to-be-accessing-att-data-to-track-iphone-deliveries/>

a. The thieves appear to be working from within AT&T
b. Those within AT&T are selling the data to the porch pirates
c. That data appears to be current iPhone deliveries

"There has been a marked uptick in iPhones being stolen from
doorsteps after being ordered from AT&T and delivered by Fedex,
apparently with the help of real-time delivery updates"

The main hint in the article is this sentence:
"AT&T is one of the few telecom companies that, in many cases,
doesn't require signatures for high-value deliveries like iPhones."

Of course, a high-end Samsung Galaxy would also be a "high value delivery",
so the question is why is the article talking mainly about iPhones.

Dunno.
I only know that it is.