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A comment on Apple’s T2 security chip blocks some third-party repairs of new Macs.

Re:Apple’s T2 security chip blocks some third-party repairs ... by Wowfunhappy on Monday November 12, 2018 @05:01PM (#18436348)
Is there a technical reason why the T2 chip can't be disabled wholesale for situations like this? Obviously, this would disable features like touch ID, but that seems like an okay trade off.
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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip blocks some third-party repairs ... by Tsiklon on Monday November 12, 2018 @05:17PM (#18436478)
As I understand it - the T2 chip is also the storage controller for the Flash storage used in these new machines, so if it were disabled you'd have to use external storage.
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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip blocks some third-party repairs ... by dunham on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:09PM (#18436854)
That's interesting - are the encryption keys for the storage in a secure enclave then?
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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip blocks some third-party repairs ... by alphabettsy on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:36PM (#18436988)
Yea. https://www.apple.com/mac/docs/Apple_T2_Security_Chip_Overvi...
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