Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak

Re:Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak by mmastrac on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @12:00PM (#24640161)

Interesting. Does this mean that companies can now use this to unlock corp laptops that ex-employees have iCloud/activation-locked to their personal accounts without Apple's help? [+]

[+] Yes, I realize that this also applies to stolen laptops, but this is an actual pain point with running fleets of Macs, from what I've heard.

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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak by aunali1 on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @12:06PM (#24640235)

Yep, it involves the same techniques used for iDevices but with less steps. I won't go into details here for obvious reasons.

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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak by Nextgrid on Thursday October 01, 2020 @07:29AM (#24649686)

Are you saying that there is a long-term way to bypass Activation Lock? My understanding was that even if you bypass it locally (through jailbreak), you will not be able to use any of Apple's online services (iMessage, App Store, push notifications, etc) because Apple will not let this device register (and get the necessary client certificates) unless the original account's credentials are provided first, and this is enforced server-side and thus immune to local exploits.

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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak by nixgeek on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @12:02PM (#24640186)

Is this a pain point when you’re using Deployment Programs, or what’s now called School Manager or Business Manager?

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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak by snazz on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @01:25PM (#24641207)

DEP allows you to clear Activation Lock with your MDM: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202804

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