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The security and theft-deterrence argument is bullshit that's conveniently used by the manufacturer to mislead people into ruling in their favour. You can keep
by Nextgrid 4y ago
The security and theft-deterrence argument is bullshit that's conveniently used by the manufacturer to mislead people into ruling in their favour.
You can keep security and theft-deterrence while allowing repairability - simply give the (per-device) keys to the user on a piece of paper/smartcard/etc, that way the legitimate owner can decide to override the security while thieves or bad guys won't have the required secret keys.
- Waterluvian 4y agoI don’t think I follow how that changes the above case. The per device key can be the password the user sets up. They can remove, change, or share it when they go to resell the phone.
- Zuiii 4y agoNot without that piece of paper they can't. What GP likely refers to is aken to a EUFI key that is printed on a piece of paper that you store in a safe place. Without this key, thieves or anyone else can't reset the phone.