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This feels similar to backdooring encrypted systems. The upsides are similar: some trusted entity has the ability to act in a supposed best interest - national
by don-code 4y ago
This feels similar to backdooring encrypted systems. The upsides are similar: some trusted entity has the ability to act in a supposed best interest - national security in the case of encryption, reducing e-waste in the latter. Unfortunately, the downsides are also similar: it's necessary to put an outsized amount of trust in an entity (government, Apple, or whomever) that not everyone wants to place that trust in.
- LazyMans 4y agoSimilar, maybe. You're not backdooring file vault though. Just the ability to resell a machine. Personally, I feel pretty good as long as my data can't be accessed.
- jakelazaroff 4y agoThe backdoor is already there, is it not? According to Apple's support site, you can remove the lock remotely [1], which means they can remove the lock remotely. You're already trusting Apple. Given that, removing the activation lock after notifying you with a 30/60/whatever day window to respond seems like a reasonable policy to me. [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201441 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201441
- dev_tty01 4y ago>you can remove the lock remotely [1], which means they can remove the lock remotely Not the same thing, depending upon how the authentication is handled.