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

[Christine Hall]

It appears that The Sun broke the story. Here's a more balanced report:

https://ifixit.org/blog/11673/t2-mac-repairs-test/

Christine Hall
Publisher & Editor
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
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On 10/06/2018 01:44 PM, Alan Zeichick wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:arnieswap at gmail.com>" <arnieswap at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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