FragmentedChicken@lemdro.id to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 11 months agoApple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: ‘We took steps to protect our users’www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnologybeeper
arrow-up1249arrow-down1external-linkApple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: ‘We took steps to protect our users’www.theverge.comFragmentedChicken@lemdro.id to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square107fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnologybeeper
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-211 months 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-up1·11 months ago“Effectively stealing” means the original machine ID can’t be used by the original machine after it’s stolen, right?
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?