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Apple would really like you to stop opening your hardware

January 20th, 2011 at 9:39 AM  1 Comment

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULSUuWlo9Lw

Apple makes some beautifully engineered hardware, both on the outside and the inside. But Steve would really prefer you admire the exterior only, and Apple has started putting a special kind of security screw on your phone to keep all the amateurs out.

Not content with using your normal torx security screw, Apple has chosen a design that prohibits nearly every single readily available screw bit from being able to turn it. Say hello to the “pentalobe” bit.

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