This. Activation Lock is an Anti-Theft, not a privacy mesure. By making stolen hardware a brick, it reduces the upside to a thief to pennies on the dollar. Thi

This. Activation Lock is an Anti-Theft, not a privacy mesure. By making stolen hardware a brick, it reduces the upside to a thief to pennies on the dollar. This makes the legal risk not worth it. Thus: massive drops in theft. https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/11/apples-activation-lock-leads-to-big-drops-in-smartphone-theft-worldwide/ https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/11/apples-activation-lock-lea...