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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by abakker on Monday June 07, 2021 @12:04PM (#27424156)
Yes, but "hassle" and "security" are synonymous a lot of the time. even if their policy was that they didn't use the boot drive, I'd rather wipe it. No reason to give someone your data, your employers' data, etc.

And as someone who has recently had a MacBook Pro repaired, they swapped virtually everything. Keyboard, Mboard, Touch Bar, etc. the only original thing now is the screen. I would have had to restore from backup anyway. As a plus, my SSD is now brand new so any wear on it after 2.9 years of service is gone :)

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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by whitexn--g28h on Monday June 07, 2021 @12:29PM (#27424461)
You can only wipe the drive if the computer will boot, not something a lot of devices that need repair are happy to do.
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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by abakker on Monday June 07, 2021 @07:06PM (#27428473)
Honestly, I've not had this particular issue in about 10 years, but you're right. If it is dead enough it won't boot, then I guess wiping it would be tough. For me, the combo of Target disk mode, recovery partition, or external boot drive have always gotten the job done. But yeah, if the logic board is really dead and not just "failing" then I might be tempted to use a drill.
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