4 Dec
2017
4 Dec
'17
8:02 p.m.
On 12/04/2017 06:52 PM, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
On 12/04/2017 01:30 PM, Robin Gareus wrote:
It's probably all in some EULA smallprint, and your visit to the
Apple-store will be rather unspectacular.
You said earlier "[the macbook] had been factory-reset and completely
installed from scratch." According to the doc, clearing the NVRAM or
PRAM should disable "Find-My-Mac". Then again, since any Apple-store can
un-brick it if you show them a proof-of-purchase, there's yet another
backdoor...
Anyway, I'm glad you were able to get all the data from it.
May I ask how? http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/ ?
Cheers!
robin
PS. As atonement for your sin, I suggest hosting the next Linux Audio
Conference ;-))
Seeing as this was in a train, and last I looked
the DB-network was wide
open, I'm curious if this was actually a hack by guy in another
train-compartment or perhaps a subverted access-point exploiting some OS
X vulnerability.
I was connected to my own phone hotspot. So unless it's a very low-level
WLAN interface vulnerability, a local wireless exploit seems unlikely.
I'm pretty sure the kill message did come from the iCloud (a service
which I'm not using and which I don't indent to ever use) using the
Find-my-Mac feature. I was _never_ given an option to opt out of this
feature, and it was never made clear to me that I was carrying a
time-bomb (with remote wipe option) that would enable unknown third
parties to potentially cause five-digit damages on a whim.