Apple Watch Does Not Have Anti-theft System and That’s a Big Problem

Source www.macrumors.com

Apple Watch does not have the Activation Lock feature, which makes it very attractive to thieves. Apple devices have always been one of the main targets of thieves and pickpockets, because it is an object of its size and ease of evading meat market is second hand. However, Apple remedied with the current generation of iOS introducing Activation Lock feature, a security system that makes our iPhone or iPad is somewhat less attractive in the eyes of thieves.

Basically, Activation Lock prevents us to use a device that has been stolen, for even though the restore using iTunes, the system does not allow you to configure it again if we do not introduce the key established previously. Thus, not only personal data is protected, but the iPhone or iPad loses its usefulness unable to reuse.

Surprisingly, it has now been found that this useful security system is not in the Apple Watch, so in principle there is no obstacle for a thief to steal the clock and synchronize it with a new iPhone. Thus, although the data are protected -for Watch prompted us a numerical password each time you withdraw it from the wrist, a simple enough restoration device to synchronize with any clock.

Restore Apple Watch is as simple as pressing the side button, perform a Force push Touch when we turned off the screen appears, select “Erase All Content and Settings.” This will suffice for the thief to stop the clock back to the factory settings and to use or sell in the secondary market.

Apple Watch restore is sufficient to re-synchronize with any iPhone

It is incomprehensible how Apple has been able to forget this important feature, since we are talking about a device that can cost a whopping $ 17,000, and a figure of this size for a device that will be continuously exposed and the eyes of the world can be an easy target for thieves.

“The Apple Watch has a security problem that we haven’t had to worry about for almost two years on iOS. It’s not a security problem from a user data standpoint, but it is a security issue from a device theft standpoint,” Benjamin reports.

As we read on MacRumors, it is expected that Apple implements Activation Lock in the Apple Watch soon via a software update, especially after checking that this security system has already proved successful in the iPhone, thus reducing the theft of phone 40% in cities like San Francisco. What do you think? Do you consider this role is necessary for the Apple Watch?

Via macdailynews