Demonstrations against Trump’s immigration policies have made the front pages of the world’s media. The city of Los Angeles has taken to the streets to protest against these xenophobic measures. A group of people have taken advantage of the moment of tension to produce altercations that have nothing to do with the demonstration. The main affected by these riots has been the Apple brand, which has seen its stores vandalized. Apple Stores suffered theft of their smart devices. Its technology makes it possible for an iPhone or an iPad to have the option of remote locking, making theft totally useless. This security measure allows the brand to recover its devices with its tracking system and locate the alleged thieves.
Apple
Apple is the world-renowned brand created by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, it was founded in 1976. With a presence in 25 countries, it has approximately 534 Apple Stores. In its catalog we can find desktop computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, audio devices, watches, appliances, and many other products. Its logo is simple and minimalist, and very easily identifiable.
Protests in Los Angeles
On June 6, 2025, the citizens of Los Angeles took to the streets in protest. The reason? Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents had raided several places in the city arresting people who, according to them, were in the United States illegally. This has generated a wave of demonstrations against the xenophobic measure imposed by President Trump, who does not seem to care about what is happening in the city. Furthermore, with the intention of “curbing vandalism”, the authorities have even imposed curfews in order to control the masses of people who, in a peaceful manner (with some exceptions), have come out to defend human rights.
Affected companies
Situations of social tension are the perfect scenario for criminal behavior such as looting and robberies of establishments. In this case, any brand with ties to the Trump administration can be a perfect target. In Los Angeles, it has been possible to see how autonomous driving cars have been attacked. Waymo and Apple stores have been the victims.
Apple Security System
The raids happened at the Apple Store located in the legendary Tower Theatre. The assailants stole products of all kinds. They smashed the store windows and stole iPhones, iPads, laptops, headphones and a long list of their precious products. However, as has happened on other occasions with thefts from Apple stores, it was not very profitable.Apple has a security and GPS location system, both for customer terminals and for those used for exhibition.
Have you ever visited an Apple Store? They have an open design with the intention of creating a comfortable space for customers to try the products. It does not seem to have very extreme security measures, but the truth is that they have it all thought out. In addition, the software that the display products have is not the same as that of the products for sale.It is a bad idea to steal both a display product and a sales product. Display products are secured with anti-theft mechanisms. In the event of a breakage and the device is taken out of the store, its software detects it and locks the device, rendering it unusable.
Sales products also have this anti-theft system, but also have a geolocation feature. The screen shows this message: “the device has been blocked and that the authorities have been notified”. This system makes it easier to recover the devices and even arrest the alleged thieves. As a result, if you want to have an Apple product, it won’t do you any good to steal it. Among other things, because you would be incurring in a crime and no technological product is worth as much as that.
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