FragmentedChicken@lemdro.id to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 years agoApple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: ‘We took steps to protect our users’www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down110cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1215arrow-down1external-linkApple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: ‘We took steps to protect our users’www.theverge.comFragmentedChicken@lemdro.id to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square58fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoDo people like relying on service that requires their real device’s serial number to function?
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 years agoYou can use any apple device to use iMessage, your account isn’t only usable on your device. They were effectively stealing people’s machine IDs to provide this service. That’s fucked up.
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years ago“Effectively stealing” means the original machine ID can’t be used by the original machine after it’s stolen, right?
Do people like relying on service that requires their real device’s serial number to function?
You can use any apple device to use iMessage, your account isn’t only usable on your device. They were effectively stealing people’s machine IDs to provide this service. That’s fucked up.
“Effectively stealing” means the original machine ID can’t be used by the original machine after it’s stolen, right?