SeeSp0tRun's Journal: iPhone Identification Required!?

I have a few friends who work for Apple; one as a "Genius," and one as a sales rep. Both have mentioned a policy of Apple that requires identification to purchase an iPhone. Their reasoning behind this is to limit customers to buying 5 iPhones at a time, and 10 in a lifetime, which coincidentally is an effort to prevent resale and markup in foreign markets. On the other hand, I have a brother in-law and a neighbor who are higher ranking police officers in their respective towns. Both gentlemen have expressed that asking for identification to purchase an item in which there are no laws restricting said item (iPhone) to certain people, age groups, or anything else. Who is right here, and does Apple really have the authority to request identification?

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[Gat0r30y]

Well, in order to start service, they have to check your credit, and since every other step of the process is online, I suspect that it could justify it saying that they need to verify that you are the same person as your credit card states.

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[SeeSp0tRun]

I could understand AT&T requiring ID, but you only buy the phone through Apple. All activation is done entirely seperately through AT&T.
This apparently has its own issues when they ask for your SSN to activate it... But that's a different story.