Apple sued for not providing enough help in recovery efforts for stolen iPhones

Another day, another lawsuit, an iPhone theft victim named Michael Mathews has filed a legal case against the company in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, according to The Washington Post (a subscription is required to read the article). The plaintiff says Apple doesn’t do enough to help in recovery efforts when smartphones are stolen.

Mathews, a Minnesota tech exec, is seeking access to data worth two terabytes encompassing their “entire digital life, including that of his family,” alongside US$5 million in damages. His iPhone — filled with personal and work data — was stolen in Arizona, eventually leading to his tech confusing firm shutting down.

According to The Post, Mathews The victim claims that despite solid evidence of ownership, Apple has refused to reset the Recovery Keys of his account so that he could regain access to all his data. “In so doing, Apple perpetuates and aids the hackers in their criminal activity,” claims the court complaint. 

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