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The problem is that about 20% of the phones in the study had the passcode disabled, and another 5% had easy-to-guess passcodes.
by pjscott 3y ago
The problem is that about 20% of the phones in the study had the passcode disabled, and another 5% had easy-to-guess passcodes.
- ryandrake 3y agoEven with the device's passcode though, AFAIK you can't just re-assign the phone to your own AppleID without the previous owner AppleID releasing it. EDIT: ...only if the previous user opted in to Activation Lock[1] 1: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201365 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201365
- tedunangst 3y agoBut you can open the photos app and look at all the drivers licenses they've collected.
- ThePowerOfFuet 3y agoActivation Lock is enabled when Find My is enabled, and when you sign into iCloud this is enabled by default.
- CamJN 3y agoYou can change the associated apple id password using only the phone pin, then use that to disable activation lock & find my phone, then the phone is fully yours. Most people use easily guessable pins.