Washington – A journalist in Washington, DC gets locked out of his iPad when his three-year-old son tries to use it without the correct password.
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But it gets worse.
The lock-out is due to last for almost half a century.
Evan Osnos, who writes for “The New Yorker” magazine, shared his predicament on his twitter page.
The tweet includes a screengrab of Osnos’ disabled iPad, which recommended he try accessing again in more than 25-million minutes – or about 48-and-a half years.
One Twitter user joked the writer ought to reboot his three-year-old or try “time travel.”
Others offered tips to try to solve the problem.
He should wait it out and not call Apple’s customer service.
That’s impossible no matter how exponentially the wait time grows per lockout there’s no way to get that long with out a very long lockout period before like at least a few months or days.