The iPhone is an amazing piece of technology, there’s no doubt about it. But as well as being amazing, iPhones are expensive – and everybody knows it. While this may make iPhone users a priority for ...

The Activation Lock on an iPhone is a feature designed by Apple as a security measure. It is part of the Find My iPhone service, preventing others from using your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple ...

The security feature, designed to prevent use of lost or stolen devices, must be turned off before you buy a used iPhone. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

Apple today added a new "Turn off Activation Lock" page to its website that provides steps users can take to turn off the security feature on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. As noted on Reddit, the ...

A weird glitch is apparently triggering an Activation Lock on newly-unboxed iPhone 7 devices, with buyers finding their new smartphone already linked to another person's Apple ID email address.

Apple has further consolidated resources on how to turn off Activation Lock on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch on a new portal page linking to all support avenues that users can access. Users who need to ...

Find My iPhone app in the news. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Mac The recently revealed exploit that allows anyone to bypass the iPhone’s Activation Lock system is a rather simple process that requires ...

Smartphone theft continues to be a huge problem in the US. Ten percent of all thefts and robberies are associated with a mobile device, with the FCC stating that considerably more than one million ...

During the massive WWDC keynote today the folks at Apple walked the audience of developers through several new features of iOS 7, the operating system for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. Toward ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Observing, pondering, and writing about tech. Generally in that order. A lock is only good at protecting things if it actually ...