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Willing_Definition71 t1_j6ndq6s wrote

Reply to comment by tossawaynsfw9 in Activation Lock is a great feature, but needs a rethink as 2020 Macs are turned into landfill by hugglenugget

Companies / Users can lock an Apple device to ensure it can't be used if stolen (even if reset / formatted)

The recycling company was asked to destroy these devices by a company but they are complaining that they could sell them instead

If I were asking a company to destroy the hardware and read this, they would lose my buisness immediately

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tossawaynsfw9 t1_j6nubzv wrote

It makes sense though, why are they destroying hardware this new? Just seems like an absolute waste.

I get it that it's for a security reason, but still.

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Willing_Definition71 t1_j6nz8dh wrote

Only way to be sure you don't leak confidential data is to destroy the hardware, companies like this have been destroying hard drives for a long time, they hardly ever resell them, with new laptops there is no separate hard drive + there is other sensitive data outside of that.

They could organise to sell the computers without the motherboards to repair stores possibly, that way people with broken screens may be able to swap in a motherboard etc, but i doubt the recycler wants to do that work.

If the recycling company sold these locked computers instead of destroying them to a bad actor who sites on them hoping someone finds a way around this lock they would sued into non existance.

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