This should be illegal.
If my phone is out of AppleCare Warranty, and needs repair, I should
be able to take it to a repair shop of my choosing. I purchased the phone.
it belongs to me.
Lets take that thought and run with it
“your phone, repair it how you like”. So you repair a security enclave component, say the thumbprint scanner with a Chinese knock-off. It’s half price, and just 2 weeks later your thumb print and Visa card are on the net.
Who do you blame? Why, naturally it’s that “damn Apple”, right? You saved a few bucks and Apple takes hundreds of Millions in lost revenue because they are forced to support bogus components.
Sorry, some things are secure and some things are not. Buy anyone’s battery. Buy anyone’s screen and microphone. Buy anyone’s camera. But if it’s a security enclave component you have little choice; because if you are vulnerable then I am vulnerable.
If Apple actually USES this “back door”- I would think a few states already could bring a lawsuit against Apple - with their consumer protection legislations and regulations already on the books.
Sp Apple should be required by law and forced at gunpoint to support anything anyone decides to attach to an iPhone?