Johan.G

acheron2018 said:

Dark mode might be nice.  But Apple should have put every employee in the company on the now years old bug in “Family Sharing”.  

Since there are not programmers smart enough to fix this the only remaining option seems to be the “put a room full of monkeys at keyboards and hope for the best”.

You might have noticed I’ve lost all good humor on this GLARING Elephant in the Refrigerator sized error in their authorization system.  

gatorguy said:

Johan.G said:

gatorguy said:

Johan.G said:

rogifan_new said:

Johan.G said:

This move makes sense, since you can no longer wipe an iDevice without logging out of Find My iPhone first. 
New credo is "if it's not wiped, don't buy it".

How exactly does this work? Last week I got locked out of my phone because it didn't like my passcode for whatever reason (I know I was entering the right one). Apple support had me use iCloud.com to erase my phone so I could set up a new passcode. When you do that does it automatically log you out of find my iPhone?

No, it doesn't automatically log you out. We're talking about buying a second-hand iPhone, aren't we? When you do:
Hold the device, confirm it's wiped, try to activate it … either you can or you'll see the activation lock. 

I can't really think of a way to get duped when buying in person (as opposed to online).

That's assuming others are even aware of that and most would not be. It's been common knowledge for some time to use Apple's Activation Lock Status page before buying used phones either in person or via eBay. That's the advice you'll find over and over on the web. What you've mentioned is not what used iPhone buyers are accustomed to looking for so it will take some time to get that word out. 

I'm sympathetic to The Page having been advised, but not to buying a lockable expensive device off eBay. Too many ways to set yourself up for a big bag o' hurt. 
Get that word out? Yes, absolutely. 

It will make it a bit tougher on owners who want to sell their old phones if they can only sell with assurance to someone local to them and not online to a larger market.