Error 53: Apple remotely bricks phones to punish customers for getting independent repairs

For clarity, since this article and headline are as misleading as I expected: the issue ONLY happens when one of two things happens:

  • a third party tries to physically tamper with the security locked private biometric information to access it
  • the components of the home button (which contains the security fingerprint lock) are replaced with non-Apple products.

It has nothing to do with screen repairs.

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