I equate this to owning a car, but giving the master keys to a third-party that doesn't have your best interest at heart, with the ability to lock the owner out

I equate this to owning a car, but giving the master keys to a third-party that doesn't have your best interest at heart, with the ability to lock the owner out of the car simply because his keys were taken. Any anti-theft method needs to give complete and full control to the owner of the device so this kind of bullshit doesn't happen. The fact that Apple doesn't provide a mechanism for the owner to gain full and complete control of his device at any given moment has more to do with Apple wanting to control their technology for ulterior motives. We live in an age where corporations want to take away ownership, and we're letting it happen because we're stupid enough to think that they have our back.