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My iPhone was stolen in Kenya. I watched the thief take my iPhone to multiple used iPhone resellers via Find My iPhone, trying to sell my Activation locked iPho
by itake 3y ago
My iPhone was stolen in Kenya. I watched the thief take my iPhone to multiple used iPhone resellers via Find My iPhone, trying to sell my Activation locked iPhone to whatever shop that would accept it.
- theshrike79 3y agoThere are anecdotal stories of thieves just dropping a snatched phone when they see it's an iPhone. It requires very specific skills to dismantle it to resell-able parts - and even those are hard because the components are linked and can't be sold separately.
- thefz 3y ago> My iPhone was stolen in Kenya. Then as a deterrent, device lock does not work much.
- Nifty3929 3y agoIt will as this becomes known.
- zakki 3y agoFor the impact someone should compare before and after activation lock is launched.
- nicolas_17 3y agoActivation Lock was launched in 2014 with iOS 7. It did reduce theft.
- nneonneo 3y agoYes, many studies were already done on this topic. For example, in the six months after Activation Lock was introduced on iPhones, thefts in San Francisco dropped 38%, compared to the 6 months prior. https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/antitheft-technology-led-to-a-dip-in-iphone-thefts-in-some-cities-police-say/ https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/1...
- itake 3y agoI am also happy that the thief does not get much benefit for their crime. The thief may not have known which phone manufacturer I had before they blindly reached into my pocket. If all phone manufactures had device locks, maybe less people would steal phones.