M1 Macbook Air no FMI

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  • VHS
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    • Oct 2020
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    • United States
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    M1 Macbook Air no FMI

    I have an M1 here that is file vault locked, it has an unknown user password, it is not MDM supervised, and FMI is not on.
    According to the recovery screen, it is attached to an iCloud account.
    I know the full email address of the cloud account, but messages to the user have gone unanswered.
    Since I only see machines once they're activation locked, I'm not sure if I can erase this machine or not.
    Will it be activation locked if I do a DFI recovery? a DFI restore, or if I just erase the machine from recovery.
    It's running 12.0.1
    If I do a Configurator2 restore or a renew, it will force 12.3 onto it, and I'm not sure I want to go there yet.
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