Activation Lock Function iPhone kidnappers left out in the cold

Do you know many cases of iPhone theft? A return of smartphones stories to their owners? Once in iOS 7 introduced a feature Activation Lock, your device from Apple began leaving their owners less noticeable.

Now, if you stop in a dark alley with the words "Che have to call?" Can safely give iPhone. And on reaching the house, or even earlier, call the police and go on a search for the gadget. True, most likely, seeing the coveted apple, hardly anyone wants to contact you. Perhaps even Gopnik in remote villages know about the tracking function Apple smartphones.

Over the past year, law enforcement agencies in many countries and cities around the world have reported a serious reduction of iPhone theft cases. Thus, the number of robberies in London with the withdrawal of "apple" smartphones fell by 24% in New York by 19%, and in San Francisco by as much as 29%.

"The emergence of function, allows you to block or monitor the device clearly has a beneficial effect on the behavior of criminals. If they know in advance that they could not benefit from the theft or robbery, they have simply no incentive to commit a crime "

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Attorney General of New York, Eric Schneiderman

Last year, Schneiderman has praised Apple for creating the world's first effective technology that allows to fight the "epidemic of thefts of mobile phones around the world."

As of December last year, about 78% iPhone protected function Activation Lock. This service, introduced in iOS 7, became an order of magnitude more efficient than the Find My iPhone app.

And how do you protect your smartphone?

via NY Times