How iPhone Thieves Lock You Out Of Your Apple Account | WSJ

iPhone thieves around the country enable the recovery key to make sure the owners can’t get back into their Apple accounts—permanently.

WSJ’s Joanna Stern digs into why victims are forever unable to access their photos, videos, and more in their iCloud account. How can you prevent this from happening?

0:00 How stolen iPhone victims cannot regain access to their Apple accounts
1:01 How the recovery key works
3:20 Can you get back into your Apple account if you don’t have the recovery key?
4:12 How to prevent thieves from changing your recovery key

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