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In other words: you can’t depend on signed mac apps for anything important as a user even if they keep everything local to your computer. The developer could do
by swiley 6y ago
In other words: you can’t depend on signed mac apps for anything important as a user even if they keep everything local to your computer. The developer could do something completely unrelated and your app will suddenly stop working with no warning.
- ashtonkem 6y agoAnd you can flip a single switch and keep running it? So?
- ben509 6y agoWhich it should. If Apple detects that there's a problem with a cert, they should revoke it. Presumably, there's a known problem and something isn't working, even if it looks like it is. Arguably, it'd be nice to have a facility (assuming it doesn't already exist) to override the revocation list, but designing that it isn't bypassed by social engineering is tough.