Genuine question, don’t both iPhones and Androids lock out users if they’re unable to provide the password? In that case are most of these stolen phones sold for parts?
That’s a feature to protect user data not to prevent the phone being reused. Wipe the device and it’s brand new (unless the device ID is reported and the phone blacklisted by the networks somehow, but that relies on the owner and the authorities being faster than the thieves, I’d imagine).
You can’t wipe an iPhone that’s locked to an ICloud ID without the password of the account
If you have physical access to a device you can eventually do whatever you want with it, depends how organised the thief is
I would be curious to learn more, as this is a much touted security feature. If it’s that easy to bypass then we need to understand the limitations.
Do you have any more information on this?
Not an expert in any way, but I would assume it is similar to having physical access to a computer. You would not be able to get into the existing device or retrieve data, but if you have stolen it and just to use the device, there are numerous tools to allow side loading of new blobs, that will bypass any restrictions.
In theory this is true, in practice the protections Apple puts in place tend to put even games consoles to shame. That plus the quick turnaround of iPhone hardware means by the time it is cracked, it was already obselete
