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> This is a good thing - you want this to happen if your device is stolen How does the device know it's been stolen? It can't possibly tell the difference betw
by falsedan 8y ago
> This is a good thing - you want this to happen if your device is stolen
How does the device know it's been stolen? It can't possibly tell the difference between "snatched on the bus and in the black market tech's lab" and "oh lol whups I forgot how to used my fingers".
Provide a "my device was stolen" service for the user to initiate lockouts instead (and report the theft to the relevant authorities with location tracking data) imo.
- developer2 8y agoUnlocking a disabled device takes 2 minutes - connect it to iTunes. It's a minor inconvenience if you happen to disable your own device. The point is you have to prove ownership by unlocking it using the same Apple ID. This person is unable to log into their Apple ID account, and is unable to perform account recovery because they don't have the answers to the security questions, nor access to the inbox of the email address that would allow for a password reset.
- Nition 8y agoThey shouldn't need a password reset in this case as they have the correct username and password already. They seem to have been locked out for unknown reasons.