Government Officials Praise 'Activation Lock' Feature of iOS 7 Following Public Release

[ipoddude56]

I don't use a passcode but tried 'Erase all content and settings' and right at the very end it prompts for my Apple ID

Since my iPhone 4 was jailbroken and Cydia holds the shsh files to 6.1.3 I wonder what happens if I try a dfu restore to 6.1.3, if it can still be activated?

 

[kustardking]

Activation Lock is like 'heard immunity' that is talked about with vaccines. Once the majority of iPhones have Activation Lock turned on, iPhone buyers will stop buying used iPhones that they cannot verify have had Activation Lock unlocked. When the buyers stop buying the thieves will stop stealing.

The problem is that thieves don't read tech news, and they don't necessarily check what they're stealing. A loose phone in a back pocket is easy. I had the hub caps stolen off my car, they cost me a meager $25 each new to replace. How much do you think the thief got for them? $5 each maybe? A phone is a unit of value greater than 0. If a thief tries to fence one with the Activation Lock, it just goes down in relative value, or maybe gets tossed in the trash.

"Heard Immunity" works perhaps for your data being safe, but the phone itself will just as easily catch the thief pathogen.