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I want when i mark my iphone as stolen on findmyiphone its completely worthless including individual components being blacklisted so they can't be parted out an

I want when i mark my iphone as stolen on findmyiphone its completely worthless including individual components being blacklisted so they can't be parted out and sold individually. As "scientists" loved to say during the pandemic, this is equilivalent of herd immunity for iphone users. thieves would know they are worthless when marked as stolen. Now how would this be balanced with aritificial "geofencing" like samsung is trying to do here and right to repair?

AnthonyMouse 3y ago
Legitimate devices could voluntarily check the serial numbers of parts against a stolen parts database so the seller would be caught, and likewise carriers when they activate a device. To make the parts checks mandatory would require controlling every device the part could be installed in, even when that device isn't stolen and the check is being performed against the will of the legitimate owner of that device. If you wanted to implement that scheme, having the government keep the root keys for every device for this purpose would reduce the number of parties with access to them and prevent their use for this kind of region locking. Whereas with the system you propose, both the manufacturer and the government (every government where the manufacturer operates) can remotely control the device. Because a government can coerce the manufacturer, including to do what they want without telling anyone, or just send their intelligence service into the corporation to compromise their systems without the company even knowing. So the scheme you prefer is actually inferior to the sort of remote government backdoors that are occasionally proposed and then condemned because of the catastrophic systemic risk they imply. For a small incremental benefit over honest carriers and buyers consenting to the automatic checks of their own volition. Some things aren't worth the trade off.

AnthonyMouse 3y ago

Legitimate devices could voluntarily check the serial numbers of parts against a stolen parts database so the seller would be caught, and likewise carriers when they activate a device. To make the parts checks mandatory would require controlling every device the part could be installed in, even when that device isn't stolen and the check is being performed against the will of the legitimate owner of that device. If you wanted to implement that scheme, having the government keep the root keys for every device for this purpose would reduce the number of parties with access to them and prevent their use for this kind of region locking. Whereas with the system you propose, both the manufacturer and the government (every government where the manufacturer operates) can remotely control the device. Because a government can coerce the manufacturer, including to do what they want without telling anyone, or just send their intelligence service into the corporation to compromise their systems without the company even knowing. So the scheme you prefer is actually inferior to the sort of remote government backdoors that are occasionally proposed and then condemned because of the catastrophic systemic risk they imply. For a small incremental benefit over honest carriers and buyers consenting to the automatic checks of their own volition. Some things aren't worth the trade off.