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If you buy it from the legitimate owner, they can transfer the ownership to you.

• widowlark 4y ago
  and if the legitimate owner is dead? What about if they simply also forgot the credentials? What about items that have been forgotten, or left in a drawer for some time? How about devices from a business that went bankrupt? what about donated school laptops?
  • mannerheim 4y ago
    You can contact Apple and they can unlock it for you.
    • widowlark 4y ago
      only if you are the original owner, which circles back to my first point.
      • jen20 4y ago
        Wrong again. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208510 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208510
        • widowlark 4y ago
          that only addresses the first problem, which is what if the user has died - and they have to be a family member. It's extremely limited
          • jen20 4y ago
            Good. I do not want arbitrary people to be able to unlock my electronics and use them as they see fit - especially thieves.