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There apparently ARE no "anti-theft" capabilities. Look at this: "They explained to me that the MacBook was wiped in the middle of August (after I had lost it)
by ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
There apparently ARE no "anti-theft" capabilities. Look at this:
"They explained to me that the MacBook was wiped in the middle of August (after I had lost it) and then reported lost by a newly created iCloud account"
How can an unauthorized user suddenly claim ownership of a wiped computer and then "report it lost?" Why does Apple accept a loss report from someone who is not the owner of the computer? If this is actually what happened, there's no excuse for that glaring stupidity.
- chongli 3y agoBecause the person in the article left their laptop unregistered and unlocked on purpose. When it was stolen, the thief was able to register it as though it were brand new (which it basically was).
- ShadowBanThis01 3y agoNope. From the article: "While the person didn’t reset it themselves, they did take it to a shop, and asked them to unlock it. The shop didn’t unlock it, however, they did reset it." So it WAS "locked." I don't know what you mean by "unregistered," either.
- microtherion 3y agoPresumably the computer had a password set. This makes it non-trivial for an unsophisticated thief to unlock it, but there is a documented procedure to do so if you know how to look it up: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102673 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102673