Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros

Post by threeseed » Fri, Oct 05, 2018, 1:23 AM UTC

colejohnson66 wrote: post #10

floatingatoll wrote: post #8

This is an excellent step for protecting MacBook Pro users against hardware invasions (such as US and China border authorities). If you trust the user to replace hardware, you permit the user’s hardware to be altered by malicious actors. By restricting final approval of hardware replacement to a vetted subset of all humanity, you ensure that it’s vastly more difficult for the vast majority of malicious humanity. Yes,…

I highly doubt that’s Apple’s reason considering they didn’t give a comment when asked for one

Post by s3r3nity » Fri, Oct 05, 2018, 1:23 AM UTC

msie wrote: post #19

What would it take to reverse this? How about protests at one of their events? Changing Tim Cook's mind is all that's needed.

Post by threeseed » Fri, Oct 05, 2018, 1:25 AM UTC

colejohnson66 wrote: post #5

I never understood Apple with this. They fight hard to make long lasting devices (iOS 12 can be installed all the way back on the 5s IIRC), but then fight back against repairability

Post by gst » Fri, Oct 05, 2018, 1:25 AM UTC

bsheir74 wrote: post #11

floatingatoll wrote: post #8

This is an excellent step for protecting MacBook Pro users against hardware invasions (such as US and China border authorities). If you trust the user to replace hardware, you permit the user’s hardware to be altered by malicious actors. By restricting final approval of hardware replacement to a vetted subset of all humanity, you ensure that it’s vastly more difficult for the vast majority of malicious humanity. Yes,…

Prohibiting 3rd party repairs doesn't make you any safer than you are now. If you were concerned about hardware attacks you could continue to bring your computer to the apple store, and never have to worry. All this action does is remove options for those of us who do wanna fix their own machines. And this is assuming you trust apple to inspect their parts closely. Their computers are still made in china. Why couldn'…

Post by philliphaydon » Fri, Oct 05, 2018, 1:26 AM UTC

threeseed wrote: post #23

paxy wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The number of users who simply want/need cheaper repairs and upgrades dwarfs those who are at risk of getting their hardware bugged by state-sponsored actors. And considering these laptops are made in China in the first place, any assurances of security are already moot. If security was the primary concern, Apple would sell this as a separate model variant (manufactured in the USA) and charge a lot more for it.

I also used to believe that privacy was only for spys but I have very quickly changed my position. Gays, minorities, journalists, dissidents, whistleblowers etc are all being targeted and jailed in many countries in the world. And in China it's entire swathes of the general public. And so much of this is directly attributable to lax privacy and security. And I don't know believe that there is a huge market for cheape…