iPhone 7 with dead NAND netbooting unmodified Ubuntu 20.04 via USB ethernet

Re:iPhone 7 with dead NAND netbooting unmodified Ubuntu 20.0... by coldtea on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:24PM (#25741456)

>Well last time I got angry down votes for saying this. But you are really renting if apple can lock you out.

Only in the same way that you're "only renting" a safelock if you can lock it and are not able to open it (e.g. by forgetting the lock, or having some key inside).

>My non technical wife managed to lock herself out of her device and icloud with no recourse as I didn't preserve the reciept.

That's a security feature. If there was a recourse then locking the device (when you're done using it for the moment) would be security theater.

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Re:iPhone 7 with dead NAND netbooting unmodified Ubuntu 20.0... by drieddust on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @12:10AM (#25742575)

> That's a security feature. If there was a recourse then locking the device ....

Oh come-on a thousands of Harrys working in Apple store can unlock.

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Re:iPhone 7 with dead NAND netbooting unmodified Ubuntu 20.0... by coldtea on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:31AM (#25743525)

Not things secured by the secure enclave and set to mathematically unlockable.

Million of "Happys working in Apple store" couldn't unlock your FileVault disk for example if you don't have the password / key etc.

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Re:iPhone 7 with dead NAND netbooting unmodified Ubuntu 20.0... by drieddust on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @09:09AM (#25747073)

Please don't misread. This is not about who can read the encrypted drive. It is more basic than that.

Apple locked us out of device we paid for. We just wanted to use it again completely wiping it off. Random Harry working for Apple can do that but we as legitimate owners can't.

So with respect to owning vs renting argument, How I am owning the device?

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