How to "Unlock any signatures that have been manually set against activities after the identified breakthrough activity."

In article [Xert’s Magic Setting – Signature Decay – Xert](Xert’s Magic Setting – Signature Decay)
They say:

  1. Unlock any signatures that have been manually set against activities after the identified breakthrough

activity.
and

  1. Save/Lock the activity with the identified breakthrough

How one (un)lock signatures? And what (un)lock means?

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