XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: walterjones@invalid.nospam   
      
   *If you do not periodically log into the Apple mothership tracking*   
   *servers, then Apple will unilaterally _lock_ you out of your account!*   
      
   True story.   
    *Today, Apple finally let me use my own iPad* (after years as a hostage).   
      
   Given all the aqccount information was bogus, I had to literally show them   
   a government issued ID card (how's that for privacy) to unlock my own iPad!   
      
   Note my account information (login/passwd) never changed!   
   Note I never logged out of the account so that never changed either.   
      
   The _only_ thing that changed was Apple _forces_ periodically logging into   
   their mothership tracking servers - which - for years - I refused to do.   
      
        *So Apple unilaterally locked me out of my own iPad!*   
      
   Most Apple owners don't realize they're logged into Apple servers   
   almost their entire lives, where they don't realize what happens   
   when they STOP logging into Apple servers (without logging out).   
      
   I know what happens.   
   How?   
      
   Because for years, I remained logged in but refused to log in again.   
   a. Some things still worked (e.g., iOS updates & app installs)   
   b. Others failed (e.g., iMessage, facetime & iCloud re-installs)   
      
   Every day, all day, Apple popped up a series of three (yes, count them,   
   three) popups begging me to log into the Apple mothership tracking servers.   
      
   Apple wouldn't let me log in, by the way.   
   But Apple begged me to log in at the same time Apple wouldn't let me.   
      
   There was never a problem with the account login or password.   
   This bears repeating: The login & password remain unchanged for years!   
      
   The problem was that Apple _forces_ you to log into iOS periodically.   
   If you don't do that - Apple _locks_ you out of being able to log in.   
      
   This is a fact.   
   It's an empirical fact, in fact.   
      
   The idiot uneducated low-IQ iKooks will swear it's not so; but they're   
   idiots who, more importantly than being idiots, have never tried it.   
      
   I have.   
   A. If you don't periodically log into Apple mothership trackers...   
   B. Apple will repeatedly ask three times in a row for you to log in.   
   C. If you don't log in after a certain time - Apple LOCKS YOU OUT!   
      
   This was proven today when Apple support _unlocked_ me and then Apple   
   finally (after years of locking me out) accepted the _same_ login/password   
   that I always had used (noting there was no recovery phone or email).   
      
   Note that I only had to answer the three security questions of:   
   a. Fabricated birthdate   
   b. Fabricated pet's name   
   c. Fabricated parents' meeting location   
      
   That's it.   
   1. Apple asked for my login (aka AppleID) which has never changed   
   2. And my password (which remained unchanged since the start of this)   
   3. And the three security questions (also which never changed)   
      
   But, get this, none of that unlocking was possible until Apple support   
   remotely unlocked my account, because Apple had punitively LOCKED the   
   account for no other reason than Apple requires you to periodically log   
   into their mothership tracking servers.   
      
   This is the takeaway that is important for _adults_ to comprehend:   
     *Apple forces periodically log in into the mothership servers!*   
      
   *If you do not periodically log into Apple mothership tracking*   
   *servers, then Apple will unilaterally _lock_ you out of your account!*   
      
   I repeat the ignorant fear-filled iKooks will deny these simple facts.   
      
   The whole reason most people own Apple products is they fear the other   
   products so it's not in their nature to _test_ the system out by not   
   logging into the Apple tracking servers every single day of their lives.   
      
   Me?   
   I own Apple products to test them.   
      
   And to prove the iKooks wrong.   
      
   Note: I don't live in a slum like most Apple owners seem to live in; so I   
   have no need for a PIN or biometrics (to protect me from my own family).   
      
   Note cynically so that if you're willing to completely give up on your   
   privacy, Apple will let you back into your own iPad that you paid for.   
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