Thread: Rest in Peace?
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Old 9 Mar 2014, 09:38 PM   #25
kijinbear
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Originally Posted by FredOnline View Post
I could understand Apple not wanting to let the family access the content of the iPad. But not being able to use the device at all, not even perform a factory reset? That's ridiculous. We're losing control over our own hardware.

If I die tomorrow, my family will inherit my PC along with all the peripherals. They won't be able to access the content, because it's all encrypted with TrueCrypt. But they'll be perfectly able to reformat the hard drive and install a fresh copy of Windows, Linux, or whatever else they want. That's what it means for somebody to "inherit" a physical, tangible object.

Anyway, this thread must be a zombie, it just won't die!
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