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Well, one could solve that just as well with a device that is fully open to the owner and still pointless to steal. By handing out a per-device master reset key
by usrusr 6y ago
Well, one could solve that just as well with a device that is fully open to the owner and still pointless to steal. By handing out a per-device master reset key that the owner doesn't need for regular operation and thus doesn't have with the device when and where someone might want to steal it.
- spease 6y agoThey could, but open source has a poor track record of making an easy solution for something this comprehensive that a regular user can set up.
- tomjen3 6y agoIf you don't have to use them regularly then people will misplace them.
- imtringued 6y agoApple can still offer an internet based factory reset in addition to the offline factory reset.
- Someone 6y agoThat wouldn’t work for quite a few users. They would lose the reset key and be locked out of their hardware. I think Apple should offer users the option, though, just as they for account recovery (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208072 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208072. I’m not sure that works without _also_ going to Apple’s servers)
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- smichel17 6y agoI don't see why the key couldn't optionally be stored with Apple, or even by default. But it should be possible/easy to manage your key yourself if you want.