[Ipg-smz] New Macbooks and Imacs will brick themselves if they think they're being repaired by an independent technician

[Alan Zeichick]

Since the reporters couldn’t verify the bricking when they tried a hardware component swap, and said the machines ran perfectly, this would seem to be what’s now called #fakenews. 

Either that or I’m completely misunderstanding the original story. -A


Tenderly tapped on a tiny tablet

> On Oct 6, 2018, at 9:54 AM, "arnieswap at gmail.com" <arnieswap at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> So even I can't repair my mac myself? I wish Adobe Premiere was even a quarter as good as FCPX, I would have switched to Windows. 
> 
>> On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 12:31 PM Christine Hall <christine at fossforce.com> wrote:
>> Personally, I think this should be entirely illegal. Void warranty would 
>> be appropriate, but bricking machine?
>> 
>> New Macbooks and Imacs will brick themselves if they think they're being 
>> repaired by an independent technician
>> 
>> https://boingboing.net/2018/10/04/welcome-bootlickers.html
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