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The features you're talking about were developed to close legitimate security holes before they were ever used to lock anyone out from their phones.



The companies that manufacture and distribute phones think that user access to their own phones is a legitimate security hole.


Mobile devices move around. A device that assumes physical possession equals ownership is not secure.

I will agree that bootloaders should be unlockable, but to argue that locking functionality shouldn’t exist is arguing in favor of physical security vulnerabilities.




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