So he sold this Mac or did he get it to work using that method?
That I wouldn't be able to answer for sure but my understanding, or at least how it sounded, was that the computer store owner bought it from him and kept it for himself.
Obviously he got it working or he would not have bought it.
The way it was explained to me, this was a situation that did not play out over 1 day but over a month - 6 weeks.
I believe, but am not positive, that the store owner spent some time getting a disc of some sort from China (again, a guess, perhaps AliBaba?) but I guessed that just from the time I was told it took so again, just a guess, I don't know for sure where it came from but am aware that there was one purchased and it apparently opened up at least one of the locks.
I remember the person mentioned he would have to change the hard drive and the cost for such was why the person I spoke to decided not to move further ahead for himself, as i keeping it but sold it to the store owner for about $350, I think it was?
In any event, that would imply to me that the owner knew what they were doing and knew they could get it done for they were the one that offered the guy I know, a certain amount of money for it---obviously he wouldn't have done so if he did not know 150% that he could do it.
My point being, from that info, I can more or less surmise that even the strictest security can be beat by the right person, someone that knows what they are doing.
I should mention it was a brand new retina MBP, not an iMac if that makes a difference.
Sorry but beyond that I really didn't want to know that much as I didn't agree with what was taking place BUT I also was fascinated to know that that sort of security could even be bypassed so I could not stop myself asking for some information but beyond that I didn't want to know the full details.
I do remember being told that the store owner had a degree of some sort in computer engineering so I doubt that just anyone could have done it for even then it sounded as if he had to work at it but if he could not have done it, he would not have purchased it...at least that is what I surmised from it all.