High-Tech-Knowledge

Ever since introducing the Where's My iPhone Activation Lock, Apple have, reportedly, succeeded in discouraging quite a few thieves from lifting iPhones and iPads and reselling them on the second-hand market. Basically, if one has their “Find My iPhone” function on on their device, any act that displays malicious intent – like an attempt to turn the function off, or wipe the phone altogether – will put the handset in a lockdown, until the real owner's iCloud username and password are input. This, of course, drops the resale value of the device and generally makes the sale process that much harder for thieves. Now, while this has reportedly slowed down the stealing, it hasn't gotten rid of the problem altogether – most thieves simply don't care – they will pick up any device, then sell it at a super-reduced price. Some will have no inhibitions announcing the device to be cloud-locked, while others will try to trick buyers, by claiming that the device ...