An editorial by an iFixit employee condemns Activation Lock, a security feature of iPhones and recent Macs because it makes these computers hard to recycle. Built into iOS, watchOS, and macOS Catalina ...

Apple’s Activation Lock, a security feature that deters thieves from stealing iPhones and iPads, is also responsible for limiting the number of devices that are refurbished, instead sending them to ...

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“I got an old iPad from auction only to find out later on that it has Activation Lock enabled. If I don’t know previous owner’s passcode nor have any way to contact them, how can I bypass Activation ...