Apple Inc. (AAPL)-Palooza Continues How You Wouldn’t Expect

Well, the first thought is the saying that knowledge is power. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) might be making a positive first step with this activation lock feature, but what about the knowledge of the Apple ID and password? We think that once a criminal realizes this locking feature and what it would require to get the phone to work again, suddenly the owners of the smartphones may find themselves the target of kidnapping, as the criminals may threaten them to force them to give up their Apple ID and password to get the phone to work.

This might be extreme, but criminals know that knowledge is power, and they will then know that the source of the power when it comes to operability of smartphones  sits in the hands of the owner. Suddenly it becomes perhaps about human capital and not just a mobile device. Reserving judgment on this seems like a prudent choice until this can be fully fleshed out.

What do you think? Are we reading to much into this? Do you think Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is effectively addressing the smartphone security issue with this new lock feature? Let us know in the comments section below.

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