Cracking the Code: A Toddler, an iPad, and a Tweet

It’s not clear how many codes Ollie tried, but, by the time he gave up, the screen said “iPad is disabled, try again in 25,536,442 minutes.” Three minutes later, another e-mail arrived, this time from the Daily Mail Online, in London: “Could we possibly get your permission to use the image in that Tweet, and preferably a picture of you as well please?” I was impressed by how many people posted substantive help, explaining that this was a problem especially with early iPads (ours is ancient)—they can have trouble with time and date, which in turn can send the lockout time soaring.

Source: www.newyorker.com