I've never had an Apple anything except a $40 set of iPhonies™ fake ear buds so I'm not an authority. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2GfKUi9ghM But a web search seems to indicate that there are ways of bypassing the Apple ID on an iPad. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=unlocking+ipad+registered+to+an+Apple+… Having anything to do with anything in the Mac walled garden eco-system makes my skin crawl, Ron, so I won't volunteer to try & help personally, though I have built a couple of Hackintoshes for other people in my time. I prefer to pick at open sores stuff. But there used to be an event called Hardware Hacking Tuesday at sudoroom, I'm not sure if it is still going on, given the pandemic, it isn't on the calendar. But if and when it revives you might find someone there who would like to give it a throw. On 11/7/21 9:12 AM, sunjam(a)james.network wrote: On 2021-11-05 21:03, Ron Weisberg wrote: -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If God is watching us the least we can do is be entertaining. Unfortunately it is also probably the most we can do. Edmund Joseph Biow 328 Haddon Road Oakland, California 94606 (510) 763-0591 (try first, messages checked in morning, dumb phone, no caller ID, leave number) (415) 623-6473 (cell) EMAIL: biow(a)sonic.net - biow(a)riseup.net - biow(a)sonic.net - ejbiow(a)gmail.com - ebiow(a)yasashi.net IM: ejbiow(a)gmail.com To subscribe or unsubscribe to the lists I moderate send an email to the following: Subscribe: occupyoakland-subscribe(a)lists.riseup.net occupyoaklanddiscuss-subscribe(a)lists.riseup.net oaklandprivacyworkinggroup-subscribe(a)lists.riseup.net oaklandpublicbank-subscribe(a)lists.riseup.net occupyoaklandkitchen-subscribe(a)lists.riseup.net oaklandlivablewagediscussion-subscribe(a)lists.riseup.net Unsubscribe: occupyoakland-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net occupyoaklanddiscuss-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net oaklandprivacyworkinggroup-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net oaklandpublicbank-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net occupyoaklandkitchen-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net oaklandlivablewagediscussion-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net (\__/) .~ ~. )) /O O ./ .' {O__, \ { / . . ) \ |-| '-' \ } )) Warning squirrels: .( _( )_.' Einstein is on the prowl. '---.~_ _ _& You can use a PGP key to encrypt and secure our messages. To start using it, you'll need to install an OpenPGP software on your computer. Below you'll find a list of possible solutions for your operating system: Windows: Kleopatra (http://gpg4win.de/download.html)Linux: GnuPG (https://www.gnupg.org/download/supported_systems.html) OS X: GPG Keychain (https://gpgtools.org/#gpgsuite) Linux: GnuPG (https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/frontends.html) Android: OpenKeychain (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.sufficientlysecure.keycha…) iOS: iPGMail (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ipgmail/id430780873?mt=8) Once you set up PGP on your computer please import my public key into your local OpenPGP Key-Manager. The valid PGP keys for my biow(a)cubasoldarity.net & biow(a)riseup.net accounts can be downloaded here: http://ebiow.yasashi.net/pgp/ An "easy" way to set up PGP on your computer is to download the free & open sources Thunderbird email client (available on Linux, Windohs & O$X) & install the EnigMail Add-On. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/all.html https://www.enigmail.net/download/ https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/quickstart-ch1.php Looking forward to exchange snooping-free messages with you & making the NSA spend mondo bucks to discover the secret of my bube's kartofel kugel recipe.