I'm very pro repair, but this type of feature is excellent for making it almost worthless to steal devices, as they have no resale value.
I don't see why, if you obtained the device legitimately, you can't even pay the user to unlock it for resetting, considering that you will presumably then sell it on for a decent profit.
I'm very pro repair, but this type of feature is excellent for making it almost worthless to steal devices, as they have no resale value.
This. It seems like his complaint is that he can't buy a stolen MB for $100 and turn it around as a $1500 refurb. FTA:
If they do manage to get to the desktop, they will be plagued with constant ‘this machine is enrolled by XYZ school district.’ Most consumers see this and assume the machine is stolen, and rightfully so.”
Make machines easy to refurb and people complain that you aren't doing enough for security and to brick stolen machines. Fix the machines so that they are secure and can't be refurbed by thieves for easy re-sale and people complain about that. This is a lose-lose situation, somebody will always piss and moan. Case in point: https://apple.slashdot.org/com... [slashdot.org]
When my MBP is ready for retirement: blow away the SSD contents and leave a default password on a post-it on the computer for refurbishers. Or a school. Or somebody who might get more use out of it.
Ok, let me get this out there, I am a Mac user, I own 6 Macs + iPhone + Apple TV, etc etc, so call me a fanboy if you choose.
My Current laptop that I had to buy in a rush (my last one fried the GPU) is the first Apple computer I have not been able to upgrade in any way.
I have Always added m ore RAM and bigger hard drives as money allowed (and lets face it, 3rd party stuff was a shit load cheaper too)
Now I have a collection of old 1970-1980 computers. I can open them, I have actual service manuals for
The T2 chip is basically a smartphone SoC that sits there and gives permission to do things, so even if you could get a fresh one, you just cut into any margin you had in refurbing it...
Why can't Apple just have a clearing house where you enter the serial or crypto hash or whatever and they hold it a month to see if anyone reports it stolen, then lets you unlock it? That should solve any issues and should also make the data disappear since it was encrypted from the T2 also presumably... But Apple doesn't
I'm very pro repair, but this type of feature is excellent for making it almost worthless to steal devices, as they have no resale value.
I don't see why, if you obtained the device legitimately, you can't even pay the user to unlock it for resetting, considering that you will presumably then sell it on for a decent profit.
I'm very pro repair, but this type of feature is excellent for making it almost worthless to steal devices, as they have no resale value.
This. It seems like his complaint is that he can't buy a stolen MB for $100 and turn it around as a $1500 refurb. FTA:
If they do manage to get to the desktop, they will be plagued with constant ‘this machine is enrolled by XYZ school district.’ Most consumers see this and assume the machine is stolen, and rightfully so.”
Make machines easy to refurb and people complain that you aren't doing enough for security and to brick stolen machines. Fix the machines so that they are secure and can't be refurbed by thieves for easy re-sale and people complain about that. This is a lose-lose situation, somebody will always piss and moan. Case in point: https://apple.slashdot.org/com... [slashdot.org]
When my MBP is ready for retirement: blow away the SSD contents and leave a default password on a post-it on the computer for refurbishers. Or a school. Or somebody who might get more use out of it.
Got it.
My Current laptop that I had to buy in a rush (my last one fried the GPU) is the first Apple computer I have not been able to upgrade in any way.
I have Always added m ore RAM and bigger hard drives as money allowed (and lets face it, 3rd party stuff was a shit load cheaper too)
Now I have a collection of old 1970-1980 computers. I can open them, I have actual service manuals for
The T2 chip is basically a smartphone SoC that sits there and gives permission to do things, so even if you could get a fresh one, you just cut into any margin you had in refurbing it...
Why can't Apple just have a clearing house where you enter the serial or crypto hash or whatever and they hold it a month to see if anyone reports it stolen, then lets you unlock it? That should solve any issues and should also make the data disappear since it was encrypted from the T2 also presumably... But Apple doesn't