How come people that steal your iPhone ask for your passcode?

[I7guy]

Turning on stolen device protection mitigates this. By default even if you turn it on, it’s only active when you’re away from “familiar locations”. This is a big security flaw because if your phone gets stolen at work or home, they could just simply turn off stolen device protection right there since it’s a familiar location. You have to set it to all locations. This also means when you’re about to turn in your phone for repair or trade-in, you have to plan ahead and turn it off.

True. It’s a sliding scale of security vs convenience.

 

[rukind2]

They ask because they’re idiots.