GravitasThis car headlamp has cryptographic keys that restrict repair. HEADLIGHTS DO NOT NEED CRYPTOGRAPHY!!
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Kevin Karhan 
@iFixit 1/10 due to:
#AntiRepairDesign that unnecessarily complicates repairs and disassembly compared to any other #manufacturer (espechally #fairphone!).
#DRM on #Parts aka. #PartsPairing, mandating a #malware [a literal #RAT = #RemoteAccessTrojan] to "complete repairs".
no legal and feasible way to obtain parts (in advance) for a #RepairShop.
no legal way to obtain parts without [self-] #doxxing [of clients by said repair shop].
Even if one were willing to accept that, parts will be anti-competitively priced by #Apple to make it impossible for any #IndependentRepair to make sense unless the cost of mail-in and/or travel to the next #AppleStore outweights that.
Louis Rossmann dismantles Apple's PR stunt "repair program"
zahntronA less exciting #maclinuxbuild update but nonetheless important. This CR2032 battery is for the NVRAM in the #macpro These batteries generally have a lifespan of 5-10 years and since this #mac is from 2010, was bought on craigslist, and its history is unknown to me, spending $5 on a battery is an easy “yes” for me. It’s amazing how repairable and upgradable this thing is. Especially w/ the #partspairing limitation in new #Apple #hardware #foss #floss #opensource #slowtech #diy #rightorepair
I want @EUCommission & @BMWK to #ban #AntiRepairDesign as pioneered and rolled out by #Apple and copied by a lot of others!
- Espechally ban #SolderedDownStorage & #SolderedDownRAM as well as #GluedInBatteries and #PartsPairing as well as #iCloudLock because all these tactics solely exist to prevent #Repair and thus #Reuse and being an active generation of 100% avoidable #eWaste to the point that this needs to be prosecuted as #EnvoirmentalCrime by the sheer tonnage of #Waste that is being generated by Apple!
Anything else is undue #Leniency against any #GAFAMs that build #unrepairable #electronics!
Planned Obsolescence (ft. Louis Rossmann)
Harry SintonenThe dosdude1's video about restoring #Apple destroyed A12Z-based Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kit (DTK) brought up some interesting bits, such as that you can interrogate Apple online service for the device serial number and associated device mac addresses (which then can be used to activate the device once correct values are restored to the SYSCFG). If the devices were physically destroyed and scrapped you'd think Apple would also had removed this information from the online service, effectively making it impossible to reactivate them. I guess there are gaps even in Apple's asinine processes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reQq8fx4D0Q #hardwarehacking #activationlock #partspairing
Marcel SIneM(S)USTeilevernagelung: Anti-Parts-Pairing-Gesetz in Oregon verabschiedet | Mac & i https://www.heise.de/news/Teilevernagelung-Anti-Parts-Pairing-Gesetz-in-Oregon-verabschiedet-9672602.html #PartsPairing #RightToRepair #Right2Repair #RechtAufReparatur
gtbarryOregon’s governor signs right-to-repair law that bans ‘parts pairing’
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has now signed one of the strongest US right-to-repair bills into law. It's the first to ban “parts pairing” — a practice manufacturers use to prevent replacement components from working unless the company’s software approves them.
#Oregon #RightToRepair #PartsPairing #repair #technology #tech
The Peter Pan of Nerdery™
Mayank SharmaCan Oregon become the first state to close the parts pairing loophole?
https://pirg.org/media-center/release-oregon-legislature-passes-right-to-repair-bill/
Joao Dordio“Apple does a good job of making sure people’s data is secure, and they’ve done such a good job of this that it’s a little bit stupid to now try to claim that swapping the glass out is going to stop it from being secure.”, Tarah Wheeler a well-known cybersecurity expert and CEO of Red Queen Dynamics
https://www.404media.co/apple-is-lobbying-against-right-to-repair-again/
Apple Is Lobbying Against Right to Repair Six Months After Supporting Right to Repair
"It is our belief that the bill’s current language around parts pairing will undermine the security, safety, and privacy of Oregonians by forcing device manufacturers to allow the use of parts of unknown origin in consumer devices."