For developers and researchers, it means the attack surface has shifted. We are no longer looking for bugs in the bootloader logic; we are looking for vulnerabilities in the TrustZone, the cryptographic implementations, or the hardware interfaces themselves.
: A code used by Motorola to identify the specific carrier or region the device was manufactured for. oem-locked cid 0x0032
It is easy to see this as an annoyance, but from a security architect's perspective, it is a feature, not a bug. For developers and researchers, it means the attack