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Why? And why only Macs and not iPhones? Is this currently a major privacy issue?
by Jaxkr 6y ago
Why? And why only Macs and not iPhones? Is this currently a major privacy issue?
- throwaway2048 6y agoLikely to prevent gleaning of production amounts from serial numbers.
- rasz 6y agoIts a business issue.
- Nextgrid 6y agoI wonder if it’s to prevent “Hackintosh” machines from connecting to Apple services? Services such as iCloud and iMessage require the machine to have a valid serial, and given the format of them is well-known it’s easy to make a valid serial.