Activation Lock
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Activation Lock is an Apple security feature that prevents unauthorized use of a lost or stolen iOS device by requiring the owner’s Apple ID credentials to reactivate it.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Activation Lock canonical | 3 |
| Activation Lock for Mac | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T370953 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Activation Lock Context triple: [iOS, securityFeature, Activation Lock]
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A.
Touch ID
Touch ID is Apple's fingerprint recognition technology used on devices like the MacBook Pro for secure authentication and payments.
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B.
Lockit
Lockit is the corrupt jailer and one of the main antagonists in John Gay's satirical ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera."
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C.
FileVault
FileVault is Apple’s built-in full-disk encryption system for macOS that protects data by encrypting the contents of a Mac’s startup disk.
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D.
iCloud
iCloud is Apple’s cloud storage and synchronization service that securely backs up and keeps users’ photos, files, and data up to date across their Apple devices.
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E.
Windows Hello
Windows Hello is a biometric and PIN-based authentication feature in Windows that lets users securely sign in using facial recognition, fingerprints, or a device-specific PIN.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Activation Lock Target entity description: Activation Lock is an Apple security feature that prevents unauthorized use of a lost or stolen iOS device by requiring the owner’s Apple ID credentials to reactivate it.
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A.
Touch ID
Touch ID is Apple's fingerprint recognition technology used on devices like the MacBook Pro for secure authentication and payments.
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B.
Lockit
Lockit is the corrupt jailer and one of the main antagonists in John Gay's satirical ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera."
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C.
FileVault
FileVault is Apple’s built-in full-disk encryption system for macOS that protects data by encrypting the contents of a Mac’s startup disk.
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D.
iCloud
iCloud is Apple’s cloud storage and synchronization service that securely backs up and keeps users’ photos, files, and data up to date across their Apple devices.
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E.
Apple Wallet
Apple Wallet is a digital wallet app by Apple that securely stores and manages payment cards, passes, tickets, and IDs for use across compatible Apple devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple security feature
ⓘ
anti-theft protection mechanism ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Apple Watch
ⓘ
Mac ⓘ iPad ⓘ iPhone ⓘ iPod ⓘ
surface form:
iPod touch
|
| associatedWith | owner’s Apple ID account ⓘ |
| canBeDisabledBy |
entering correct Apple ID and password
ⓘ
removing device from Apple ID account via iCloud ⓘ signing out of Apple ID on the device ⓘ |
| configurationOption | can be managed by enterprise MDM on supervised devices ⓘ |
| developedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| enabledWhen |
Find My iPhone is turned on
ⓘ
Find My is turned on ⓘ |
| introducedWith |
iOS
ⓘ
surface form:
iOS 7
|
| introducedYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| isVisibleToUserAs | activation screen requesting Apple ID and password ⓘ |
| partOf |
Find My
ⓘ
Find My iPhone ⓘ |
| persistsAfter |
device erase
ⓘ
factory reset ⓘ |
| platform |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| prevents |
erasing the device without Apple ID password
ⓘ
reactivating the device after erase without Apple ID password ⓘ turning off Find My without Apple ID password ⓘ unauthorized reactivation of a device ⓘ use of a lost device without owner credentials ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Find My iPhone
ⓘ
surface form:
Find My network
Lost Mode ⓘ |
| requires |
Apple ID
ⓘ
Apple ID password ⓘ internet connection for activation check ⓘ |
| requiresForService | proof of purchase to Apple when owner credentials unavailable ⓘ |
| requiresForSetup | previous owner’s Apple ID credentials when locked ⓘ |
| securityGoal |
bind device to owner’s Apple ID
ⓘ
prevent device reuse by unauthorized users ⓘ |
| statusCanBeCheckedBy | MDM solutions in organizations ⓘ |
| supports | remote activation lock status check by Apple support ⓘ |
| usedFor |
deterring theft of Apple devices
ⓘ
protecting user data on lost or stolen devices ⓘ |
| uses |
Apple activation servers
ⓘ
device’s unique identifier ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Activation Lock Description of subject: Activation Lock is an Apple security feature that prevents unauthorized use of a lost or stolen iOS device by requiring the owner’s Apple ID credentials to reactivate it.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Activation Lock for Mac