I-United States Customs and Border Protection Agency kanye nama-federal agents avela e-Portland bathole inethiwekhi ye cishe umkhonyovu ophelele ukuthi ukhohlisile u-Apple uqobo lwakhe. Ababhali ngabafundi ababili base-Oregon abadabuka eShayina abebengenisa ama-iPhone mbumbulu besuka e-China ukuze bawasebenzise njengezingcingo ezingasebenzi kahle ababezowathumela kwa-Apple. Futhi yebo, umqondo wabanjwa, futhi U-Apple wawashintsha wafaka ama-iPhone amasha.
Ungayithengisa kanjani i-iPhone mbumbulu ukuze uthole entsha ngaphandle kokubanjwa ngamaphoyisa
Isihloko sibukeka njengehlaya, kodwa yilokho kanye ababekwenza abalingiswa bezindaba, u-Yangyang Zhou no-Quan Jiang, abantu abasha ababili abanama-visa abo abafundi ngokulandelana kwabo futhi abangenasici kumarekhodi abo. Okwakhe modus operandi bekulula kakhulu:
- Bathole inqwaba yama-iPhone mbumbulu isonto ngalinye. Ilungu lomndeni noma othintana naye e-China ube nesibopho sokuthumela amayunithi ekhelini elinikeziwe e-Oregon.
- Lapho sebemukelwe, baqhubeka cubungula ukwesekwa kwewaranti ye-Apple ethi ucingo aluzange luvuleke. Kusobala ukuthi bawacubungula amafoni ngamunye ngamunye.
- U-Apple ubuyekeze itheminali futhi wanquma esikhundleni salo ufake iyunithi esebenza ngokugcwele. Njengoba sizobona kamuva, akuwona wonke amayunithi afakwe, futhi amanye abuyiswa ngemva kokungamukelwa.
- Bephethe ifoni entsha, abakhohlisi bathumele amayunithi amasha e-China, lapho yayizothengiswa ngentengo ekhangayo kakhulu.
- I-Los imali engenayo evela kulokhu kuthengisa zizosuswa eChina ziyiswe ku-akhawunti yabafundi e-United States.
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Konke kuqala ngo-Ephreli 2017 emnyangweni wezokuthutha, lapho ama-ejenti e-federal eqala ukusola ukuthunyelwa okusolisa kakhulu komakhalekhukhwini abanjengo-Apple obekubonakala kuwumgunyathi e-Hong Kong. Uphenyo luqala futhi ama-ejenti aqala ukudonsa intambo, kuze kube nguDisemba akwazi ukufinyelela ku-Jiang, abaxoxisana naye ku-Terminal 6 yasePort of Portland.
Kulapho uJiang evuma khona ukuthi ujwayele ngokuvamile bathola amafoni aphakathi kuka-20 no-30 kokwazana naye eChina. Lo muntu uzithumela ku-Jiang ukuze akwazi ukucubungula iwaranti kwa-Apple, futhi uma sezilungisiwe, azibuyisele e-China. Ngalo msebenzi, uthola inani lemali, inkokhelo unina ayiqoqa eShayina futhi ayidlulisele ku-akhawunti yasebhange yena ngokwakhe e-United States.
Umuntu obebuzwa wagcina ekuvumile lokho ngo-2017 uthumele amafoni angu-2.000 ku-Apple, nokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ubephethe ukuziletha mathupha esitolo esisemthethweni, noma usebenzise isevisi yosekelo lwe-inthanethi ye-Apple ukucubungula isiqinisekiso.
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Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi i-Apple ingatholanga ukuthi bekungamayunithi omgunyathi?
Ngokusho kwabacwaningi ngokwabo, ochwepheshe be-Apple abakwazanga ukuhlola noma ukulungisa amayunithi amaningi ngoba abakwazanga ukuvula, kodwa-ke, siyaqiniseka ukuthi inkampani kufanele ibe nephrothokholi ethile egwema lolu hlobo lwecala. Izinombolo ze-serial, ukuhlola izingxenye zangaphakathi... Uma uchwepheshe ethola ucingo olungaluvuli, ingabe ngempela ulushintsha ngokushesha alufake kwenye? Yilokho ngempela okubonakala kwenzeka kuleli cala.
Mayelana nabalingiswa baleli cala, bayakuqinisekisa ukuthi bebengazi ukuthi bangamayunithi omgunyathi, ngoba bebephethe umsebenzi wokucubungula iziqinisekiso zezingcingo njengoba befika. Kungenzeka ukuthi ama-visa abo abafundi azohoxiswa, nakuba abameli babo beqinisekisa ukuthi benze ngokwethembeka, behlinzeka ngenkonzo yezomthetho ngokuphelele lapho becubungula iziqinisekiso. Udaba lunzima kakhulu endabeni kaJiang, njengoba ebandakanyeka ekushushumbiseni amafoni omgunyathi kanye nohlelo lokukhwabanisa ngezintambo.