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Re:Apple’s Activation Lock Will Make It Difficult to Refurbi... by mvanbaak on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:20PM (#21707152)
If there's a way to bypass it, it will be used. By the authorized recyclers as well as the thieves (including government agencies).
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Re:Apple’s Activation Lock Will Make It Difficult to Refurbi... by meddlin on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:29AM (#21713109)
Yep. This is awfully close to the staring contest between Apple and the US gov't a while back on unlocking iPhones for criminal investigations.

I know--different context--but the technical implementation is similar. Which would suggest the impact of those discussions is larger than previously thought.

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