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2 responses to “EU Exempts Apple Watch and AirPods [and iPhone] From Battery Removal Requirement [due to water resistance & safety]”

1. 2026/07/21

   wyngman

   @alecm

   perhaps “hacker & abuse resistance” can be valid grounds to sidestep “interoperability”?

   That is why (open) protocols and formats are the most important features of any service. That is where the security focus starts and ends.

   When this is forgotten, then locking down the code and/or hardware starts to look like a necessity.
   1. 2026/07/21

      alecm

      Yeeeeeees, but at some point locking down the hardware is also a necessity because “hardware key stores” and trusted platform modules exist

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