Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs shared her personal images

Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by seabrookmx on Monday June 07, 2021 @11:26AM (#27423688)

You just can't. They're soldered onto the motherboard.

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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by bashinator on Monday June 07, 2021 @11:46AM (#27423941)

My Lenovo laptop has removable NVMe drives that are accessible with a philips-head screwdriver.

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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by seabrookmx on Monday June 07, 2021 @11:50AM (#27423976)

Sure but assuming the victim in the arcticle had a recent Macbook, it would be soldered.

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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by snypher on Monday June 07, 2021 @12:07PM (#27424192)

You replied to a comment about Thinkpads.

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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by seabrookmx on Monday June 07, 2021 @12:10PM (#27424207)

.. on a post originally about Macbooks :)

Apologies for the confusion. I should have said "Macbook" in my original comment.

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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by greyhair on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @10:57AM (#27436036)

Just like Thinkpad owners, to hijack an Apple thread. /s

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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by TonyTrapp on Monday June 07, 2021 @11:32AM (#27423756)

Certainly not in every device. But access to the drive has definitely gotten more difficult on average. I also have a newer ThinkPad where the drive is still replaceable, but it requires taking the laptop apart.

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