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by nneonneo 2767 days ago
The likely problem is a lack of driver support for using the T2 as an SSD controller. I don’t think, based on Apple’s white paper, that they did anything to explicitly block Linux from accessing the internal SSD - it just needs to go through the T2 for that.

Hopefully someone is working on the necessary driver support - these laptops are still very new so maybe nobody has gotten around to it yet.
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michaelmrose 2767 days ago
Apple is actively blocking unsigned software from accessing the internal storage as a security measure and providing no means to add allowed keys. Its possible there is a defect in this security that could be exploited but it would be explicitly a bug and would be liable to be patched in the next version of the software. You have completely misread the situation. This is apple taking over your machine while still expecting you to pay for it.
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yeloboy 2767 days ago
Not if you disable secure boot. Imo they're probably right about Linux not being able to talk to T2. We'll see about that, I guess.
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saagarjha 2767 days ago
Yes, the issue is that Linux doesn’t know how to talk to the SSD, not Apple stopping Linux from accessing the SSD.
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