All that hard work making their crack is now not useful. Thank you Macwhatever...
Seriously, Apple. Better glue next time.
Apple has closed its iCloud activation lock check in a possible move to neuter a bypass method that allowed stolen devices to be reactivated at the expense of legitimate devices. Cupertino's shuttered iCloud activation lock feature allowed users to check if a second-hand device was registered and locked to a previous owner, a …
....and whether the resale prices of obviously stolen Apple iThingies can possibly make it worthwhile. But I suppose old heat guns, custom cracking devices, solvents (carcinogenic, of course), and the like are easily available in countries where this stuff is manufactured in the first place. Add cheap labor and you don't even need to start your own company manufacturing cheap knockoffs while camping the indigenous trademark for the likes name of Apple's next fondlewhatsis.
The tooling is cheap in the country of origin as they make the devices there, knocking off a few extra is not going to cost as much as the original design anyway.
What staggers me is that this video is public as it's a clear hint to thieves that this company will help to fence stolen goods by reactivating them.
Still, I liked the video. It explained more about surface mount elements than number of vague articles. BTW, not all of this has to be used for illegitimate reason - lets say your employee left without disabling "find my device" for a corporate mobile (though corporate would probably not bother this much to recover "minimal value" device ) or even the owner of legally resold/gifted/etc device forgotten to do so. Similarly to torrents - pirated content is common but some of use is legit.