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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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