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Unbricking my MacBook took an email to Tim Cook (and a #1 post on Hacker News) (www.tokyodev.com)
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[–] automattable 2 points 1 year ago

Yep exactly this is what I was thinking the whole time. If you don’t set up activation lock, you’re taking a huge risk. I do agree that maybe they should be more insistent that you set it up (especially since it’s less obvious why you need to with a Mac vs an iPhone).