Timeline for Resigned from a job, they are now asking me for my personal Apple ID and password to remove Activation Lock - does this make sense?
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| May 9 at 21:12 | comment | added | bmike♦ | Does this work for Macs now? 1) Go to www.iCloud.com/find. Sign in with your Apple ID 2) Select the device that you want to remove from iCloud. 3) Click Remove This Device support.apple.com/en-us/108934 | |
| Mar 15, 2023 at 13:04 | history | edited | Allan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Fixed wording to be clearer
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| Mar 8, 2023 at 13:45 | history | edited | Allan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Fixed typo
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| Mar 8, 2023 at 4:48 | comment | added | Nelson | @ScottishTapWater I would agree. The IT departments are morons and if they don't want to pay for their mistakes, then they get to pay even more (replace the device). | |
| Mar 7, 2023 at 22:31 | comment | added | ScottishTapWater | Apple Support can sort it for them if they have proof of purchase. Although, as long as they're willing to cover your expenses, I don't think it would be unreasonable for you to go in and sort it in person. If they won't cover the expenses, tough shit, you don't work for them, it's their problem and they should improve their offboarding procedures | |
| Mar 7, 2023 at 10:30 | comment | added | jwenting | worse, if they have access to your apple ID and password they have access to your ApplePay and can now buy pretty much anything they want using your credit card! They can also send email, text messages, etc. etc. in your name using Apple Mail, Messages, and impersonate you using Facetime. | |
| Mar 7, 2023 at 2:00 | history | edited | Allan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Fixed minor typos
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| Mar 7, 2023 at 1:59 | comment | added | Allan | If anything, it’s so secure they can’t get in and they legitimately need you to remove the boot password which is why I mentioned that you go in personally. You can always ask them to send a photo of whatever lock they claim is blocking them to help verify their claims. As long as you keep your credentials safe, you’ll be good. | |
| Mar 7, 2023 at 1:36 | comment | added | eagle34 | Thank you! Yeah, I will not be sharing the credentials. So I no longer have access to the laptop, but while I did I had gone to System Preferences -> Apple ID -> sign out. I think I just used iMessage on there (and signed out of there too). Given that I no longer have access to the laptop, do you think is there anything else I can do to protect myself? I've changed my Apple ID password and passwords for everything (personal email, etc.) that I may have used on that device. | |
| Mar 7, 2023 at 1:27 | history | edited | Allan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 50 characters in body
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| Mar 7, 2023 at 1:22 | history | answered | Allan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |