If your iPhone gets stolen and Find My Phone has been deactivated, Activation Lock will prevent it from being re-used by a different Apple account.

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Apple may not be able to do anything to stop a mugger from stealing your iPhone , but changes in iOS 7 will prevent the thief from trying to sell the phone as new.

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