Apple intends to implement new security measures for Apple devices and it would come in handy especially for Mac computers. It will focus on the serial numbers of the same. With them you could know the place, date and others and the scammers took advantage of this information to supplant that data.
What is intended by Apple is to make things more difficult for those who want to sell "piggyback" and that those who suffer from the scam, do not take an obsolete product believing that it is newer. Above all, Apple, which is the most affected.
Scammers will have a harder time with serial numbers
Apple has shared an internal note with certain authorized services in which it is reported that By the end of 2020 it is planned to introduce random serial numbers to its products. Above all, it would be very useful for Mac
Until now, serial numbers reported significant data that helped the company locate its computers and their possible defects. Data like the date and location where the product was manufactured, for example.
Scammers could with that information, change original components for some fake ones then proceeding to the claim for a replacement device that was sold after receipt.
Although Apple It has already entered its measurements such as software that detected false parts and that showed that those products were already associated with other iCloud accounts, wants to increase security in this field.
Therefore you have decided that the serial numbers of your devices, Macs and others, will be randomized so that they are difficult to decipher and data such as those mentioned above cannot be easily accessed.
Hopefully these measures help, and although the most coveted item is the iPhone, Let's not forget the other Apple devices that also suffer from the bold ideas of the friends of others.