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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by lxgr on Friday December 11, 2020 @06:54AM (#25384734)
> Already every mac available for purchase, even the Intel ones, requires online activation to wipe and reinstall the storage:

I was under the impression that activation can be circumvented by setting the secure boot mode to something less than "maximum security", at least on Intel Macs. Is that a different mechanism then?

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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by sneak on Friday December 11, 2020 @06:59AM (#25384783)
You are confusing signed boot security with the activation of the T2 chip.

The T2/M1 still needs activation data before it will do anything (like let you use the touchbar or touchid or secure enclave or even talk to the SSD) after a disk wipe.

This [online activation] is done after the recovery kernel has already booted from the USB install media. Signed boot and T2/M1 activation are different things entirely.

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