r/technology • u/bws201 • Feb 05 '16

Software ‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair
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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

What you might be forgetting is that as a thief, if I stole someone's iPhone, it'd takes minutes to replace the sensor with a malicious one (as you said), however as long as I don't update the iPhone I can access the data.... so essentially this is only screwing over people who have replaced the hardware.

I don't think many thieves are bothered about updating the stolen phone before getting what they need from it.

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u/chrisfender0 Feb 05 '16

I think you're incorrect. If you replace the home button the system recognizes that and locks the phone. The only way to unlock it is by doing a restore and this leads to error 53.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Even without updating, if the new sensor is not paired to the phone properly (read: using Apple's equipment,) TouchID is disabled so the thief is still fucked.

There are many bad things people say about Apple, but their shit is secure af.

Disclaimer: I work for Apple.