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I wouldn't give them too much credit. With the addition of the T2 "security" chip, your devices are bricks if they can't authenticate against your Apple ID. C
by Wingman4l7 4y ago
I wouldn't give them too much credit. With the addition of the T2 "security" chip, your devices are bricks if they can't authenticate against your Apple ID. Combine that with them soldering together formerly modular components, and it's a very expensive lesson in you not owning your own hardware.
- astrange 4y agoIs this supposed to be about activation lock? Phones don't contain a T2, that's a brand name for a component of Intel Macs. And of course it's good for phones to make them worthless to steal, or else they'd be hard to use in public.
- Wingman4l7 4y agoI'm specifically talking about the T2 chips in the laptops. The newest Macbooks can be activation-locked, just like the phones. This has already bitten legitimate owners who are trying to restore backup images, etc.
- counttheforks 4y agoLegislation needs to step in to make it illegal for corporations to prevent resale. If I have a piece of hardware in my hands it is mine. It should ALWAYS be possible to access it. If Full Disk Encryption is used then there should be a button to reset it and start over.
- astrange 4y agoIt is possible to access it, with the consent of the previous owner. It's not possible to steal it though.
- counttheforks 4y agoPhysical access should be all that's needed, and you shouldn't need to beg for permission from the company who sold you the device. Software that locks out people with physical access from resetting a device is not an ethical, or effective, way to prevent hardware theft. It's dystopian.