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> It goes on to list the tech giant's conditions for continued support of the bill. Those conditions include that the bill not feature a requirement for manufac
by GauntletWizard 3y ago
> It goes on to list the tech giant's conditions for continued support of the bill. Those conditions include that the bill not feature a requirement for manufacturers to enable repair providers to disable device security features.
The biggest tool that Apple has against right-to-repair is billed as a security feature - That they register the components and disable features when they're replaced. There's legitimate use for this as a security feature, as it prevents many evil-maid attacks, where the attacker installs a non-genuine camera and slurps data that way.
And that's probably what Apple had figured out they can rely on. They pretend that their lock-in is a security measure, serialize all of the replaceable components, and refuse to give the tools to allow replacing the serial numbers.
- TillE 3y agoApple is very interested in deterring theft. That's the primary reason for component security, not exotic espionage scenarios.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoI'd prefer they just came out and said that and stuck to their story. As well as reserializing parts for free if it's clear you didn't steal them.
- Aaron2222 3y agoThey should just tie it to Activation Lock. Make AST 2 (or whatever it is now) available to the public, and allow pairing any component (new or pulled from an old device) as long as it's not already paired to an Activation Locked device.