jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoApple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down112cross-posted to: apple@lemmy.zippulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
arrow-up1169arrow-down1external-linkApple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammersarstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: apple@lemmy.zippulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 minutes agoProbably, so they can stop further abuses. This might only be 2.5 million that they know about…
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·51 minutes agoDepends on how much it cost to pursue.
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 hours agoFor reference, Apple currently has roughly 70 billion USD as cash on hands. 2.5 million USD is 0.0035% of their cash reserves. If you have a yearly salary of 50k USD, that would be equivalent to losing 1.78 USD. I am bad at math, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
minus-squareayaya@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoIf you want to do less math you can just drop some zeroes and say it’s the same as making $70k while losing $2.50
minus-squarejrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 minutes agoOr make $7000 while losing a quarter. Or to bring it to wallet-level, making $7 while losing one-fourth of a penny.
minus-squareBocky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·8 hours agoIt all trickles down. Some paralegal will get stuck negotiating a deal
Is 2.5m even worth apples time?
Probably, so they can stop further abuses. This might only be 2.5 million that they know about…
Depends on how much it cost to pursue.
For reference, Apple currently has roughly 70 billion USD as cash on hands. 2.5 million USD is 0.0035% of their cash reserves.
If you have a yearly salary of 50k USD, that would be equivalent to losing 1.78 USD.
I am bad at math, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
If you want to do less math you can just drop some zeroes and say it’s the same as making $70k while losing $2.50
Or make $7000 while losing a quarter. Or to bring it to wallet-level, making $7 while losing one-fourth of a penny.
It all trickles down. Some paralegal will get stuck negotiating a deal