> Anti-theft features aren't anything to do with remote attestation, and this feature does not stop recycling the devices Activation Lock relies on a remote attestation mechanism. It will not unlock without a connection to Apple's servers and can't be bypassed on the device.

>it just means that only Apple can recycle them. Which would be a problem

>Which would likely be true anyway due to how integrated the components are. You don't need Apple to melt down gold