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DIY tinkerer invents MacBook tool that breaks Apple’s repair locks (www.404media.co)

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DIY tinkerer invents MacBook tool that breaks Apple’s repair locks::“To whoever it is at Apple who decided to not make this available to technicians, ‘Fuck you, we win.’”

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[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 79 points 1 year ago

so apple put a DRM on a glorified reed switch? and it's legal somehow?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 year ago

I think its actually illegal to bypass DRM to fix it

[-] palitu@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think those is DRM, as it digital rights. I think they were using it as a comparison.

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