Five States Are Considering Bills to Legalize the 'Right to Repair' Electronics

Re:Five States Are Considering Bills to Legalize the 'Right ... by axoltl on Monday January 23, 2017 @05:24PM (#13466699)

I'm curious to see how this turns out, especially considering things like TouchID which is paired to the Secure Enclave. Allowing anyone to perform that pairing fundamentally undermines their security model.

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Re:Five States Are Considering Bills to Legalize the 'Right ... by kevin_thibedeau on Monday January 23, 2017 @07:41PM (#13467812)

There's no reason for the physical sensor to be combined with the key/credential storage other than to intentionally interfere with third party replacement parts.

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Re:Five States Are Considering Bills to Legalize the 'Right ... by mitchty on Monday January 23, 2017 @10:15PM (#13468524)

"no reason"?

I can think of one, maybe they pair them at assembly time using a public/private key exchange. If they change, have to change both.

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Re:Five States Are Considering Bills to Legalize the 'Right ... by schoen on Monday January 23, 2017 @08:12PM (#13467979)

Apple claimed to have a security reason that was in the interest of the user and not only anticompetitive; does someone have a link to an article explaining this? I remember reading about it at the time.

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Re:Five States Are Considering Bills to Legalize the 'Right ... by manicdee on Monday January 23, 2017 @08:29PM (#13468061)

Here is one article I found, the basic claim is that the Touch ID sensor is (cryptographically?) paired to the secure enclave and replacing it requires Apple magic sauce to revslidste the sensor/enclave pairing.

https://9to5mac.com/2016/02/05/error-53-iphone-6/

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Re:Five States Are Considering Bills to Legalize the 'Right ... by schoen on Monday January 23, 2017 @08:58PM (#13468212)

Thanks for the reference!

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