iCloud Activation Lock was launched in 2013 together with the iPhone 5S by the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, having a serious impact on the theft of iDevices in the US and around the world. People who use this system on their own iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches can block them completely in case of theft, so that thieves cannot use them because they cannot activate them now. Thanks to this, the American authorities claim that iDevice thefts dropped by 40% in San Francisco and 25% in New York thanks to him.
The theft monitoring period is September 2013 – September 2014, and in the case of London we are talking about a drop of up to 50% in iDevice thefts. This information comes to confirm others that appeared in the past that announced a somewhat smaller decrease in the theft of iDevices, but it seems that things have improved so far. Although there are some services that allow it unlock iCloud in certain conditions for some iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches, they are not cheap, have a long waiting period and do not work in all cases.
iCloud Activation Lock is the best service ever launched by the Apple company to protect iPhone, iPad and iPod Touches, and if you are not using it yet, I recommend you to activate it.
