About Justin Ashford Justin Ashford is a passionate tech and repair enthusiast. He spent many years building his own shop and brand. Also, Justin’s love for tools is enormously. Visiting the markets in Shenzhen to search all the new tools as they arrived was one of his favourite hobbies while he lived in China. Justin decided to share his techniques and knowledge with the world through his YouTube Channel ‘The Art of Repair’. Nowadays, the Art of Repair channel has over 30K subscri- bers and contains more than 150 videos. Behind the scenes, Justin works with anyone who is willing to work hard for the repair community. This has taken him all over the world where he met amazing people who love repair as much as he does.
Encrypted Serialization of Parts: Your biggest worry.
"I think the first thing on everyone’s mind is encrypted seria - lization of parts. It is no secret that Apple has been locking down components. For example, the Biometric sensors, Touch ID and Face ID. Recently, we have also seen lock- downs of both the battery and the screen. These are, if not, the most replaced components in a device. I think it is plain to say that if you do not push the issue with your local legis- lation, we will see an even larger rise in parts. These will be irreplaceable, outside of going to the manufacturer. What is crazier is if you look at an assortment of the ten seemingly most common repairs. You will find that they are starting to serialize more components. This requires serial swaps to enable previously working functions that are just software based, not hardware based. A troubling sign indeed. To un- derstand this in a straightforward way, take a look at the graphic on the next page. This dictates the trend over time and the truth will be clear".
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JUSTIN ASHFORD: THE FUTURE OF REPAIR
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