Apple Watch it has an enormous vulnerability when it comes to protection in the event of a theft, so a thief who takes your watch can forget it for you, even if you have a security code set for the Apple smart watch. If for iPhone and iPad Activation Lock prevents an activation or a restore, an Apple Watch does not benefit from such protection, it can be paired with any iDevice after a theft.
Although a security code can be set for the Apple Watch, which must be entered after removing it from the hand, it only partially protects the data, and a total deletion of the information is possible, making the watch "forgotten" by the victim. After deletion, the watch can be paired with any other Apple iPhone without any problem, and the true owner of the Apple Watch will not know what happened to his product.
No Activation Lock existing for him, the watch cannot be located because there is no possibility to activate it in Find My iPhone, so thieves can quietly steal the Apple Watch because no one will know where the products end up. The bigger problem for Apple is with the gold versions of the Apple Watch, they can be easily stolen and made to disappear, but to the same extent a normal gold watch can disappear just as easily.
Apple was praised for implementing Activation Lock in iOS, this system substantially reducing the theft of iPhone or iPad terminals, mainly due to the fact that activation of iPhone or iPad locked with Activation Lock it is very difficult. In the case of the Apple Watch, there is no such protection, so any person who will be left without a watch will have nothing else to do but buy another unit, because there are minimal chances of discovering the existing one.
And how do you delete it without the security code?
Look for it in the forums :))
Nasty... :D, if I see thieves, this article is classified as stolen.
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