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terrymr t1_j6n7zsq wrote

Reply to comment by DMarquesPT in Activation Lock is a great feature, but needs a rethink as 2020 Macs are turned into landfill by hugglenugget

Or these machines were sold to the recycler to be destroyed for security reasons.

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objective_opinions t1_j6nc16l wrote

This seems like what is happening here. The owner of these computers specifically wants them destroyed. I think that’s heinous and stupid. But it’s their property

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DMarquesPT t1_j6ngtl6 wrote

Yeah, that’s the real issue here. Erasing the encryption keys will safeguard their deleted data on disk, there’s no reason to perpetuate the myth

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