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It does work though. I had a thief break into my house a couple of years ago (2019 or 2020 can’t quite remember), they stole my expensive DSLR kit out of the cu

It does work though. I had a thief break into my house a couple of years ago (2019 or 2020 can’t quite remember), they stole my expensive DSLR kit out of the cupboard, left the six-month old iPad Pro that was sitting on my bed. For the dead person scenario, you can get access to iCloud with a court order once they are deceased, or if they have set up their legacy contact. So that would be the procedure to unlock the device. For the ones in the article, the people sending them to the recycler seem to be refusing to unlock the devices and want them destroyed. Perhaps Apple should take back these machines for refurb in such a case (especially since they’re quite new)

monetus 4y ago
> you can get access to iCloud with a court order once they are deceased Even for important memories, has anyone heard of anyone else actually doing this? Just curious, lots of deaths in my family lately and i'm positive none of the grieving members would attempt a court order
jeroenhd 4y ago
> For the ones in the article, the people sending them to the recycler seem to be refusing to unlock the devices and want them destroyed. Perhaps Apple should take back these machines for refurb in such a case (especially since they’re quite new) That seems to be the obvious solution: let Apple reset them completely, wiping out anything that could possible store any data, and make the components usable again. As long as Apple doesn't pay out any more than the shipping & handling of the laptops, there's no profit motive so the theft protection is still there but the planet is just a little bit greener and happier.