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I'm sure plenty fall for it. All those nudes don't leak themselves.
Doesn't answer your question, but be careful that your distrust doesn't lead you into worse trouble.
You are needlessly paranoid. It's common to ask for the password and I don't think they'd touch your private files. After the screen is fixed they'd need to do QA that it works correctly. Some things you just have to trust in life, too much paranoia won't lead you to good places. Trust me, I've been there.
> It's common to ask for the password
Haha, good one. I got a chortle combining this attitude with a site called hacker news.
... it was satire, right?
I'd be up for them wiping the phone and I'll restore from backup later. Giving out my password defeats the point of me having a password. Them nudes don't leak themselves.
Not to mention you're on the hook for any any sensitive work stuff or whatever that leaks out, having willingly given the person the keys.
https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/what-is-ma...
This avoids a lot of hassle with the store’s repair team and is the same price as most repairs. (The front glass only repair is slightly cheaper than ERS but wouldn’t you rather get a new phone, battery, etc for slightly more?)
[0] https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/express-replacement
I manage RMA for consumer electronics, and we don't do any shit like that.
We just have a factory test firmware that is signed by us, that can be booted from a USB storage, boots in RAM (so it doesn't need anything from local storage except first stage bootloader, and we disable secure enclave in first stage boot in that mode).
It's still a bit of a security tradeoff since that gives attacker an extra surface area to execute code on Application Processor, but still nowhere near giving your password to strangers?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I trust my vendor to supply me with genuine parts. I don't give the keys away to my vendors to fix issues. If you must, offload data from the phone and wipe it, then have it serviced. Just like you would remove precious cargo from the trunk of your car when you give it to a dealership service center.
How do you do when you drop your car at a mechanic ?
At some point you need to trust your vendor or why are you even buying their products in the first place
The amount of sensitive information I've seen in my circles alone being posted to Instagram in the background of a cheeky work selfie.. don't even start on the deliberate stuff like "hehehe this guy has a silly name" "hehehe aye he does (I wonder if anyone screenshots my private info and shares it with their friends?)"