lordkane1 t1_j195009 wrote on December 22, 2022 at 4:12 PM

Reply to comment by Normal-Question-1994 in iPhone security question by Normal-Question-1994

You can book an appointment at an Apple Store, however it’s unnecessary as they’ll just do what can be done on any PC running the latest version of iTunes, or any Mac running a recent version of MacOS:

https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201263

lordkane1 t1_j193bs2 wrote on December 22, 2022 at 4:01 PM

Reply to iPhone security question by Normal-Question-1994

It would be almost impossible for this to occur. Not technologically, but practically. There’s so many contact points in a supply chain that a significant number of people would need to be on board for it to go undetected.

If you want to be 110% sure you can perform a Recovery Mode Restore when you purchase the phone, and before you set it up. This means the iPhone will have to go through ‘Activation’ where it registers and checks settings with Apple. If the software and/or cellular hardware has been tampered with it’ll fail Activation and brick the phone.