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 SEJeff on Monday November 12, 2018 @05:34PM (#18436609)

And by blocking some third-party repairs, it is also making it harder to replace components with "backdoored" ones like the "big back" bloomberg article posted recently. These types of changes at their core are good, even if they're annoying.

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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip blocks some third-party repairs ... by fraudsyndrome on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:26PM (#18436952)

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/22/aws-ceo-jassy-follows-apple-...

Apparently that was debunked.

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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip blocks some third-party repairs ... by SEJeff on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @10:28AM (#18450538)

I realize it was debunked, but the core attack vector still exists. This type of thing makes it harder (but definitely not impossible) to pull off.

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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip blocks some third-party repairs ... by 21 on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:14PM (#18436881)

If all the apple shops in the world will get that tool, you can assume anybody capable of a hardware backdoor will also have access to it and a way to use it without raising flags (presumably the tool will phone back home for authorization).

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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip blocks some third-party repairs ... by SEJeff on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @10:29AM (#18450545)

Hence me saying it makes it harder, not that it makes it impossible.

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