How to Use Apple’s Find My iPhone to Find and Wipe Your Device
Have you ever misplaced your iPhone? Here’s how Find My iPhone works, how you can use it to find...
Tag Archives: Activation Lock
Why Thieves Would Rather Steal Your Apple Watch Than Your iPhone
The lack of a simple security measure makes the Apple Watch an attractive target for thieves and muggers.
Want to Buy a Secondhand iPhone? Here’s How to Check if it was Stolen
I’ve written before about the “Kill Switch” (more gently referred to as the “Activation Lock”) built into iOS 7...
iPhone thefts drop in major cities as result of iOS 7’s Activation Lock
Good news for everyone who owns an iPhone. Thieves are stealing less iPhones, because of the Activation Lock feature that...
Have Hackers Defeated the iPhone Kill Switch?
Last month, I explained how iPhone and iPad users could enable a “Kill Switch,” effectively making it much harder for...
How to enable the “Kill Switch” on your iPhone or iPad, right now!
The big smartphone manufacturers—Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft—have all committed to introducing a smartphone “Kill Switch” for their devices...