<figure> <img alt=“A blue iPhone 15 face down next to a pink iPhone 15 Plus face down.” src=“https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/m7McnXMTd9iorPYaemQ6mdXaA5s=/0x0:2040x1360/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73127406/236791_Apple_iPhone_15_and_15_Plus_review_DSeifert_0005.0.jpg” /> <figcaption>Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge</figcaption> </figure>

<p id=“oEfHsz”>Apple might’ve <a href=“https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23843506/apple-california-right-to-repair-sb-244”>backed a right-to-repair bill in California</a>, but it was spotted lobbying <em>against</em> a new bill in Oregon that tries to ban the practice known as parts pairing. Cybersecurity expert Tarah Wheeler posted footage from and testified during <a href=“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD4zVrWlUUM”>a hearing</a> about the state’s proposed right-to-repair bill, where testimony showed the company doesn’t want to give up full control of the repair process, <a href=“https://www.404media.co/apple-is-lobbying-against-right-to-repair-again/”>as reported earlier by <em>404 Media</em></a>. John Perry, Apple’s senior manager for the secure design team, said that Apple uses parts pairing to “make repair easier” while ensuring the device and its data “remains secure.” </p> <p id=“RTXNqk”>The bill in question, <a href=“https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1596/Introduced”>SB 1596</a>, would require companies to provide the[…]