Post #1191829
2026-04-15 22:42 UTC
Replies (4)
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@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org 2026-04-16 04:22
@HitokiriEric @coldclimate but here's the rub for me. Even if a user logs into their iCloud account and removes the device from their account, it still won't release. That should be illegal. Even enterprise locked Chromebooks can be decommissioned remotely and unlocked. There is no reason this cant be done with apple.
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@realSiegfried@troet.cafe 2026-04-16 12:58
@HitokiriEric @codemonkeymike @coldclimate I guess the real use case is, they want people to buy (new) apples, donating is reducing business.
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@disco3000@climatejustice.social 2026-04-16 16:05
@HitokiriEric @codemonkeymike @coldclimate this! It even tells you when you reset the mac (what you should definitely do because of your data on it). You have to actively skip that step to disable “find my” functionality. I assume its mostly Noobs or companies that don’t care what happens to the machines after they decommissioned it. 🫤
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@kodamachameleon@infosec.exchange 2026-04-16 22:57
@HitokiriEric @codemonkeymike @coldclimate Reminds me of back in the early days, one of my first sells on eBay was an old iPhone. I was naive enough to not know that the purchaser could mark it as paid without actually paying. Not know how the process worked, I shipped the iPhone not realizing I was never actually paid (and never going to be). The purchaser deleted their eBay account to cover their tracks. The BIG irony... I forgot to reset the phone. I later got angry, threatening messages from the purchaser under a different account saying they would disassemble for parts if I didn't give them the password for the phone they never paid for. 😂 Point is, ya... Apple's anti-theft technology is from their viewpoint a feature, not a bug.