Yeah, but then you could just flash with a different ROM or something and prevent that warning from being displayed?

Then what stops this "counter-measure" from "working?" Could they not just "flash with a different ROM or something" to allow the part to work normally?

I genuinely doubt that the level of theft ever rose to a large enough margin, if it did, Apple would have pulled out of China.

For reference, Apple employs ex-NSA, CIA, TLA professionals to solve this exact problem with a near endless budget and 0 oversight and accountability.

Most notably, one of the organisational leaders was caught bribing the sheriff's office for concealed carry permits, https://www.ft.com/content/e73676d7-c6bc-4b07-b9bf-9bd702f1f... / https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/29/apples_chief_security...

	▲	jackvalentine 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		> I genuinely doubt that the level of theft ever rose to a large enough margin, if it did, Apple would have pulled out of China. There was a point where the black market in China was making more on Apple products than Apple itself. They initially tried to have stricter warranty conditions in China as a fix, but state media decided this was an affront to the country: https://www.infoworld.com/article/2271627/apple-clarifies-wa... Hence, the technical fix. Why pull out when you can apply a technical fix and retain both access to the biggest consumer electronics market in the world and maintain the good graces of the country that manufactures almost all your products?

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shakna 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

If you could do that, you could just flash a new ROM to ignore serial errors, too.

The checks are not entirely in software, and would not be in showing the error, either.

	▲	486sx33 6 days ago \| parent [-]
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