Post #1247381
2026-04-16 23:16 UTC
@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 ?
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@toadjaune@hostux.social 2026-04-16 23:20
@codemonkeymike @HitokiriEric @coldclimate also, regarding the Macs you have on your hands, I'm assuming quite a few of them are on the older side, and don't get security updates anymore. Aren't there like, known vulnerabilities/jailbreaks for those ? Or even "unpatchable without hardware revision" vulns
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@theraspb@aus.social 2026-04-17 00:32
@toadjaune @codemonkeymike @HitokiriEric @coldclimate they may sell the device in a locked state to someone not knowing that it is locked and that its useless without it bring unlocked. I figure also people can use the mainboards as donors for lifting parts to repair other macs for parts that aren't serialized to the board