baatliwala@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 days agoGoogle wants to make stolen Android phones basically unsellablewww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down11
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minus-squareAntelopeRoom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 hours agoWhat do you mean? The activation lock means people can’t use a stolen iphone so long as the person who lost it doesn’t remove it from their account. Maybe you could chop it up for some parts, but the phone is functionally useless as a phone.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoIt can be bypassed with a couple clicks.
minus-squareAntelopeRoom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 minutes agoNo it can’t unless you have the icloud password
What do you mean? The activation lock means people can’t use a stolen iphone so long as the person who lost it doesn’t remove it from their account. Maybe you could chop it up for some parts, but the phone is functionally useless as a phone.
It can be bypassed with a couple clicks.
No it can’t unless you have the icloud password