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@can I’m not doubting that there’s a problem of locked machines downwind in the second hand market — people do die without providing their passwords, so there are machines that “died” with their owner, and that is a waste.
I’m just trying to understand in what circumstances Apple has the power to do anything about it, if any.
@nicolas17 @codemonkeymike OK, that makes a little more sense. I’ve wiped and sold a couple T2 equipped Macs and not had problems, but I can see how that might go wrong (for example, if there was no Internet access while wiping the machine.)
@nicolas17 @codemonkeymike I’m genuinely not understanding what you mean. Is the problem the T2 chip that can’t be circumvented, or something on Apple’s server?
@codemonkeymike but if Apple can remove the lock then surely it’s equally possible that someone else could too which would sort of defeat the purpose, wouldn’t it?
Certainly, I would agree that if a person goes through the steps to wipe the machine to give it away or sell then that process should absolutely remove all of the security locks from the machine.
@codemonkeymike Link to information about this? Are you saying that the donors failed to clear these machines properly before getting rid of them, or that it is impossible for them to do so?
