Stolen Smartphones, Activation Lock, And You

There are a staggering amount of smartphone thefts each year. Apple is prepared. They have addressed the growing trend by releasing groundbreaking features to secure not only your device, but to take a long-term approach to securing the ecosystem with Activation Lock. Activation Lock is meant to greatly reduced the number of iPhones stolen each year by making devices devoid of value if stolen. Activation Lock ties an Apple ID to a device, so if the device is stolen, the device is useless. This can be an annoyance when businesses get locked out of their own devices once an employee leaves their organization. This means they are not able to reuse the devices and must suffer the associated costs or have someone go to an Apple Store to get devices unlocked.