[ShadowBanThis01]

That doesn't make sense. First of all, "this type of locking system" is clearly a failure because it allowed an unauthorized random person to report a computer as "lost" when he didn't own it. So the answer to your first question is: You wouldn't.

Second, what does this even mean: "without giving users access to their own private keys, then having a much worse problem where dozens of users lose their private keys and forever brick their device?" What scenario exactly does that refer to?

[ffgjgf1]

> because it allowed an unauthorized random person to report a computer as "lost"

Because (if I under the article correctly?) the owner hadn’t actually enabled “find my mac”?

[ShadowBanThis01]

The (admittedly vague article) said it was "wiped," though. By whom?

[ffgjgf1]

By the thief/shop who linked it to their account? IIRC you can still wipe macs without having the password as long as all the theft protection stuff isn’t enabled.