Post #1191832
2026-04-16 05:14 UTC
Replies (4)
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@HitokiriEric@defcon.social 2026-04-16 05:21
@codemonkeymike @coldclimate Well. When that generation of laptops was new, that was a big feature that Apple was selling hard on. They kept trying to lock them down more and more to attempt to be as secure as possible by default and were so proud of how hard it was to defeat. I’m not saying they couldn’t do better and better consider different choices to improve the balance for different types of users. Which they have done since then. I’m just saying that back then, the discussion was all about making them as secure as they could think to make them and that’s what they optimized for. It’s not a surprise they went too far back then when that was top of mind for them.
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@wbpeckham@techhub.social 2026-04-16 16:45
@codemonkeymike @HitokiriEric @coldclimate frankly, the last time I liked what Apple did, they were making the Apple IIe
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@chaslinux@techhub.social 2026-04-16 21:22
@codemonkeymike Does removing the BIOS security screw get around this? I've installed Debian on some Chromebooks, but I suspect they were already released from any corporate locks.
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@toadjaune@hostux.social 2026-04-16 23:16
@codemonkeymike @HitokiriEric @coldclimate Hi, so, question tangential to this thread : about current Macbook theft and activation lock bypass. So, afaict Macbook theft is still a thing, which means that there must be a way for thieves to get something out of those machines. Are they just hoping that the machine they stole isn't activation-locked ? Is there like, an entire underground economy of replacing T2 chips to then resell (mostly) functional Macs ?