[josteink]

Madness. Who owns this device really? The physical owner or Apple?

Cases like this shows why tablets, like any other computers, should be formatable and reinstallable.

Android at least has a factory reset option in the recovery menus for cases like this.

[pseudometa]

Not really madness... Theft prevention has been a mandate. I would love to see your foolproof proposal for preventing unauthorized users access while allowing authorized people access.

[bunderbunder]

Previously Apple was getting static for their devices being too easy a target for thieves.

[allyant]

You can 'factory reset' iOS devices through iTunes [https://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414].

This would be the same as google not providing the users google credentials.