Certainly not very exciting news for Apple, but a bug in the iOS 11 allows anyone to bypass the iCloud activation lock using a wrong password entered during the initial setup.
A video posted by EverythingApplePro shows how you can quickly remove the activation lock completely on an iOS 11 device. The hack works on both iPhone 7 and iPhone 8.
Bypassing the iCloud activation lock requires reaching the unlocking with passcode screen where users only have to type any random passcode several times in a row to just have the device activated in the background.
Sometimes, it involves waiting for an hour or so for the activation session to expire, which will bring back the passcode prompt, allowing the user to again bypass the activation lock with ease. Once the device is configured, no iCloud account is configured, proving that the activation was tricked without providing an account.
This isn’t the first time that such vulnerabilities have come into light. Apple has already addressed the issue and will hopefully fix them soon.
