medievalmachine t1_j6n1rsn wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:28 PM

Reply to comment by Gundea in Activation Lock is a great feature, but needs a rethink as 2020 Macs are turned into landfill by hugglenugget

Oh sure they can. Is it based on individual two factor authentication though, so a laptop for someone who was dismissed can’t be unlocked? I would assume that’s the issue for the M1 and newer laptops with fingerprint scanners. Can’t invite fired employees back to unlock, or remote employees, not worth the cost. They should resell them, but most won’t and in fact will pay to get rid of them securely, and to avoid corruption of an in-house team handling merchandise, basically.

objective_opinions t1_j6n3tia wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:42 PM

No. It’s not. Enterprise MDM activation lock and personal activation lock are two different things. This is really blown out of proportion. Apple added a much needed feature. And there is documentation of it. A lot of documentation. And people and companies are either choosing not to turn off the lock are too lazy or too stupid.