Re:Apple expands independent repair program to Mac after US ...
by harry8 on Monday August 17, 2020 @10:09PM
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nonono.
This is not the right place for that restriction at all. You should have the right to install backdoor tools on a technical level. If you install backdoor tools on equipment without permission from the owner or a properly executed warrant that is the crime and what must be prevented.
Don't conflate restraining the FBI with being allowed to treat the device you paid for and own exactly as a device you paid for and own and is entirely your property.
Re:Apple expands independent repair program to Mac after US ...
by ponker on Monday August 17, 2020 @11:50PM
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The FBI can commit crimes with impunity, that much has been made clear. So given that, the best thing you can do to your hardware is make sure that even criminals can't get in, which also restrains some of the rights of the original owner.
Re:Apple expands independent repair program to Mac after US ...
by stephenr on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:21AM
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Right because everyone knows that rootkits and other malware are just a hypothetical issue - no one ever deploys them against unsuspecting victims because that would be against the law.
Re:Apple expands independent repair program to Mac after US ...
by munk-a on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:41AM
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Illegal actions - especially by the government - must be punished. Otherwise our laws are just a polite suggestion. I agree that it's problematic to conflate Right-to-repair with technical issues that are supposed to be solved by the legal system.
Re:Apple expands independent repair program to Mac after US ...
by Polylactic_acid on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @02:59AM
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The trivial solution to this is you have to unlock the bootloader/etc via a command/option which is only available on an unlocked device.
This is how google phones work. You can flash whatever you want when the bootloader is unlocked but it is locked by default and can only be unlocked while the phone is unlocked.
Re:Apple expands independent repair program to Mac after US ...
by soulofmischief on Monday August 17, 2020 @09:54PM
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Are you referring to the secure enclave?
Re:Apple expands independent repair program to Mac after US ...
by egsmi on Monday August 17, 2020 @09:58PM
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That’s a part of the machine therefore it would technically be included by the statement given on the right to repair policy page.
Obviously that page is meant to be a high level statement, it’s not law. But hopefully you can see my point.
Re:Apple expands independent repair program to Mac after US ...
by soulofmischief on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @03:58PM
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The secure enclave might end up being where the trap door goes. :(
https://repair.org/policy
"Unlocking: Legalize unlocking, adapting, and modifying any part of the machine, including software."
The backdoor tools the FBI is asking for could easily fall into that category.
I'm not saying don't do it. I'm saying, be very careful what you ask for.