Because you need to wear a tracking device to get breaks (i.e. not by financially fucked). You can be the healthiest person in the world, walk 10 miles a day, but unless you do it at an approved gym or allow yourself to be tracked like a carrier pigeon, they still fuck you financially. Yet another argument for socialized healthcare -- this crap is unheard of in Europe or Canada, where healthy and unhealthy habits are encouraged/discouraged via taxes built into their costs. (i.e. cigarette taxes, taxes on processed foods, etc)
Then the state doesn't need to snoop. They can just subsidize healthy habits via tax breaks (e.g. for gyms, reduced hikers' fees at national/state parks, no sales tax on healthy/unprocessed food) while taxing the hell out of unhealthy habits (encourage walking vs driving via congestion fees, tax cigarettes, tax weed, tax booze). Say what you will about taxes, they're a shitload less intrusive and abusive than a private employer knowing what you're doing most of the day, when you sleep, how long you sleep, when you fuck, etc.
Incentivization/disincentives via taxes is how it works in most of the developed world.
You can (legally, in the US) buy an ultralight aircraft and fly it in some areas without any sort of training or licensure. Look up Part 103 ultralight.
This could be malicious deletion to "nudge" users into using OneDrive vs local-only storage. OneDrive is on the "clown", so it should be restorable even if the local copy is deleted. Not so for files that are local-only and not backed up.
SSD breaks in a country with no easy access to genuine parts. If Crapple didn't lock things down, you could just replace the SSD or pay someone to do it. Instead, you have to use a dodgy public computer while shipping the Apple away for service.
And yeah, it's overkill -- it's not primarily driven by security, but by a desire to rob their customers.
It doesn't enhance security any more than a clearly visible warning about 3rd-party hardware being installed would. No need to brick hardware -- informing the user and letting them make their own decision is adequate.
Except that we're talking about Crapple. The company known for rebranding cheap commodity components at a 300% markup. Hard drives in stuff like iMacs and Time Capsules were literally commodity drives with an Apple sticker slapped on.
The issue isn't what Apple can buy them for; it's what they can charge to resell them to ignorant sheep.
Yeah. It's not about security. It's about Apple's ability to rape people's wallets by requiring them to beg their "authorized" outlets for repairs, and make repairs impossible after a certain age (sorry, our software no longer supports your model...)
Or just either (a) a database of blacklisted stolen parts with serials or (b) allowing users to lock all parts of the computer with a strong PW or biometric ID, but having the lock removable before sale or upgrade (by authenticating appropriately).
(And yes, Apple desktop/laptop hardware has become crap under Tim Cook. Soldered storage/RAM, one USB-C port for both charging and peripherals on the base MacBook. FUCK what Apple has become. They used to build professional computers, now they build toys for millennial Twitter-twaddlers.)
Or just allow repair without Apple authorization, period, but unauthorized repairs would throw a big warning message at boot and void the warranty. Thus, it would be up to the owner -- if their computer breaks in a developing country 1000 miles from an Apple store, unauthorized repair is often the ONLY good option. (Parts can still be bought online and delivered.)
Public/private key encryption should allow ANY part signed by the manufacturer to work in the laptop without affecting security. Frankly, if this were about security, Apple would warn users of computers with unauthorized parts (at boot) without disabling them entirely. Since they're bricking systems, this is about grubbing money, not security.
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Because you need to wear a tracking device to get breaks (i.e. not by financially fucked). You can be the healthiest person in the world, walk 10 miles a day, but unless you do it at an approved gym or allow yourself to be tracked like a carrier pigeon, they still fuck you financially. Yet another argument for socialized healthcare -- this crap is unheard of in Europe or Canada, where healthy and unhealthy habits are encouraged/discouraged via taxes built into their costs. (i.e. cigarette taxes, taxes on processed foods, etc)
The law allowing companies to fuck over employees unless they stuck to a "wellness" program was the 1996 HIPAA, 14 years before ACA/Obamacare.
State or national health care is needed.
Then the state doesn't need to snoop. They can just subsidize healthy habits via tax breaks (e.g. for gyms, reduced hikers' fees at national/state parks, no sales tax on healthy/unprocessed food) while taxing the hell out of unhealthy habits (encourage walking vs driving via congestion fees, tax cigarettes, tax weed, tax booze). Say what you will about taxes, they're a shitload less intrusive and abusive than a private employer knowing what you're doing most of the day, when you sleep, how long you sleep, when you fuck, etc.
Incentivization/disincentives via taxes is how it works in most of the developed world.
You can (legally, in the US) buy an ultralight aircraft and fly it in some areas without any sort of training or licensure. Look up Part 103 ultralight.
This could be malicious deletion to "nudge" users into using OneDrive vs local-only storage. OneDrive is on the "clown", so it should be restorable even if the local copy is deleted. Not so for files that are local-only and not backed up.
Note with Daddy Nadella's handprint on it...
Dear User...
Nice data you got there.... ... you don't need no local storage.
Shame if something happened to it...
Pay up for OneDrive and you'll be pruhtected
You can't trespass on your own property, asshole.
SSD breaks in a country with no easy access to genuine parts. If Crapple didn't lock things down, you could just replace the SSD or pay someone to do it. Instead, you have to use a dodgy public computer while shipping the Apple away for service.
And yeah, it's overkill -- it's not primarily driven by security, but by a desire to rob their customers.
Big red banner (WARNING: UNAUTHORIZED HARDWARE INSTALLED) on the initial boot splash screen. Not removable without gen-u-wine Crapple hardware.
It doesn't enhance security any more than a clearly visible warning about 3rd-party hardware being installed would. No need to brick hardware -- informing the user and letting them make their own decision is adequate.
Except that we're talking about Crapple. The company known for rebranding cheap commodity components at a 300% markup. Hard drives in stuff like iMacs and Time Capsules were literally commodity drives with an Apple sticker slapped on.
The issue isn't what Apple can buy them for; it's what they can charge to resell them to ignorant sheep.
Or, you know, you could have designed the hardware to work correctly with cheap commodity HDDs and SSDs vs slowing down.
It needs to be cracked to remove the "tether" to Apple's servers before it can work as a pirated tool.
The only risk that Crapple is mitigating is the risk of them not being able to gouge their customers for "authorized repairs" and "genuine parts."
It comes from the top -- don't expect Timmy to fire anyone, since he's anal-retentive enough to actually LIKE this kind of nonsense.
Yeah. It's not about security. It's about Apple's ability to rape people's wallets by requiring them to beg their "authorized" outlets for repairs, and make repairs impossible after a certain age (sorry, our software no longer supports your model...)
Not good enough unless it's made available to all OWNERS. If you bought it, you should be allowed to fix it.
Or just either (a) a database of blacklisted stolen parts with serials or (b) allowing users to lock all parts of the computer with a strong PW or biometric ID, but having the lock removable before sale or upgrade (by authenticating appropriately).
Throw them overboard? Wouldn't you need fish bait in case your voyage was extended by a dead engine or broken mast?
Garden? More like a prison. Apple HQ isn't all that far from San Quentin, maybe that's where Jobsie-Wobsie got his uppity ideas.
You mean Apple has your money and you have a brick? Hope you bought it with a credit card and can file a chargeback/complaint about Crapple.
(And yes, Apple desktop/laptop hardware has become crap under Tim Cook. Soldered storage/RAM, one USB-C port for both charging and peripherals on the base MacBook. FUCK what Apple has become. They used to build professional computers, now they build toys for millennial Twitter-twaddlers.)
Or just allow repair without Apple authorization, period, but unauthorized repairs would throw a big warning message at boot and void the warranty. Thus, it would be up to the owner -- if their computer breaks in a developing country 1000 miles from an Apple store, unauthorized repair is often the ONLY good option. (Parts can still be bought online and delivered.)
Public/private key encryption should allow ANY part signed by the manufacturer to work in the laptop without affecting security. Frankly, if this were about security, Apple would warn users of computers with unauthorized parts (at boot) without disabling them entirely. Since they're bricking systems, this is about grubbing money, not security.
Sadly, there are a lot of mentally-deficient lemmings who are more than happy to allow Apple to gouge them.