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Re:Facebook LLAMA is being openly distributed via torrents by Wingman4l7 on Saturday March 04, 2023 @06:32PM (#35025574)
I'm specifically talking about the T2 chips in the laptops. The newest Macbooks can be activation-locked, just like the phones. This has already bitten legitimate owners who are trying to restore backup images, etc.
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Re:Facebook LLAMA is being openly distributed via torrents by counttheforks on Sunday March 05, 2023 @01:20PM (#35032354)
Legislation needs to step in to make it illegal for corporations to prevent resale. If I have a piece of hardware in my hands it is mine. It should ALWAYS be possible to access it. If Full Disk Encryption is used then there should be a button to reset it and start over.
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Re:Facebook LLAMA is being openly distributed via torrents by astrange on Sunday March 05, 2023 @11:38PM (#35037561)
It is possible to access it, with the consent of the previous owner. It's not possible to steal it though.
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Re:Facebook LLAMA is being openly distributed via torrents by counttheforks on Monday March 06, 2023 @06:48AM (#35039918)
Physical access should be all that's needed, and you shouldn't need to beg for permission from the company who sold you the device.

Software that locks out people with physical access from resetting a device is not an ethical, or effective, way to prevent hardware theft. It's dystopian.

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