>solution that retains the anti-theft capabilities of the device First, this is a self-imposed problem; spread crime (theft) won't be solved by reducing the ac

>solution that retains the anti-theft capabilities of the device First, this is a self-imposed problem; spread crime (theft) won't be solved by reducing the access. Next, I could have an encrypted drive and a key stored in a key stored in a bank, or an USB storage, or print, or whatever. As a matter of fact, I do have such laptop. And last - car thievery is still a thing in the EU, even though registering a stolen car is exceeding hard - they are either sold for parts... or exported to Russian (not so much recently for obvious reasons). Of course, Apple comes and tells that only they can repair the laptops/phones/etc. b/c of thievery and serialized parts.