What I don't understand is how someone can keep such poor proof of authenticity when hocking questionable products on Amazon? To pretend that illegible evidence of authenticity is okay is disingenuous. Everyone knows that Amazon is full of fakes. You would think scammers would try to have reasonable proof of authenticity so that when the banhammer comes swinging down, they'd have a saving grace.
Plus, the article is clickbait. I don't see how the man is homeless. He's not a rough sleeper. He's staying with family. To call him homeless is absurd, it cheapens the word and erodes our communal empathy.
"moving between temporary shelters, including houses of friends, family and emergency accommodation"
Actually reading the article, it doesn't mention him being homeless. So unless the original article was edited recently, I'd say the clickbait aspect comes from the HN thread title.
If anything I respect Apple more now. There's a lot missing from the story that I suspect the author deliberately omitted in order. Specifically what sort of backup it was, whether he used software from work, and how much of an observer he was into the data backup process. DATA being the keyword.
I respect that Apple treats customer's data with the utmost care, and that includes minimizing techs running around offering their gray-market professional services.
Disclosure: I have NOTHING to do with Apple other than owning an iPhone; I do hate when people are flippant about data sensitivity.
Plus, the article is clickbait. I don't see how the man is homeless. He's not a rough sleeper. He's staying with family. To call him homeless is absurd, it cheapens the word and erodes our communal empathy.