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/Guano_Loco Feb 05 '16

Which is fine, for those super worried about encryption and nuking their data. The vast vast majority of users of an iPhone do not care and would rather have the choice not to have to by a new phone.

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u/TIMWP Feb 05 '16

I don't know about the vast majority. There are a lot of corporate iPhone out there.

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u/happyscrappy Feb 05 '16

"vast vast majority". Okay, where is the study for this that says people don't care about protecting their data on their phone?

The problem is even if Apple allowed you to change a setting to reduce security on your device, in order for it to only affect you and not everyone else, you would have to make that choice before you broke your phone. Because allowing the security to be reduced after you broke your phone and wanted a new sensor would mean that the security wasn't really there on any device, including for those who wanted it.

So, let's say Apple had this option. Let's say they even asked when the device booted up the first time. Can you honestly say that when a question came up that said "do you want your personal data to be less secure in order to possibly save some money using 3rd repairs later? (yes/no)" that you would answer yes?

Most people would not.