Researchers in a pair of reports that surfaced this week claim to have successfully bypassed Apple's Activation Lock security feature using a heretofore unknown bug, potentially leaving iPad and ...

Two researchers claim to have found a way to bypass the activation lock feature in iOS that’s supposed to prevent anyone from using an iPhone or iPad marked as lost by its owner. The first report came ...

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Have hackers killed the iOS kill switch? So claims a pair of hackers, who say they've found a way to hijack the connection between a lost and locked iPhone and Apple's servers, thus unlocking the ...

Two researchers have found a way to bypass the Apple Activation Lock on both iPhones and iPads, running the two most recent versions of iOS, 10.1 and 10.1.1. If you're not familiar with the Activation ...

You generally can't use an Apple iPhone on a cell network if it's never been activated with such a network, although once it is activated you can remove your SIM card or simply never connect to the ...

Apple's Activation Lock feature, introduced in iOS 7 in 2013, deters thieves by associating your iPhone and iPad with your Apple ID. Even if a thief steals your device, puts it into Recovery Mode, and ...