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A comment on MacBooks from 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Activation Lock. Parent comment

Re:MacBooks from 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Ac... by kemayo on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @12:07PM (#34506511)
There's the incentive of "I'm confident that all my private data isn't on this machine any more", which I think matters.
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Re:MacBooks from 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Ac... by widowlark on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @12:22PM (#34506746)
this can be accomplished with a disk lock, no need to brick the whole machine
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Re:MacBooks from 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Ac... by kemayo on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @12:54PM (#34507272)
Sure, but in terms of how a non-technical user feels, I suspect that "it's still there, but trust me that nobody can access it" isn't as comforting as it just not being there at all. Thus an incentive exists.
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