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Why did the name of my iPhone change to US Customs?

hongkongdong

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i noticed that the name of my iphone changed to US Customs

i just noticed today that when I plugged in my iPhone 5S to iTunes for updating that the name of my phone has been changed to US Customs. what, wow. has anyone else experienced this? i have no idea how long it has been this. i suspect that this happened the last time i cleared customs. so this is pretty scary to me. how could this of happened? what is going on here? did customs take control of my phone? did they mirror it?
 

kch50428

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Re: i noticed that the name of my iphone changed to US Customs

You're likely being pranked by a "friend" who somehow gained access to your phone or computer/iTunes to change the name on you.
 

cebuhasher

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Re: i noticed that the name of my iphone changed to US Customs

no way. no one has access to my stuff except me.
 

qbnkelt

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Re: i noticed that the name of my iphone changed to US Customs

There is no reason for customs to change the name of your device since it would be tampering with any evidence they might be trying to collect. That kind of tampering interferes with forensics analysis and is illegal.

Someone is playing a joke.