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> Well, Apple does not actually know which serial numbers have been sold. What about "serial numbers manufactured?" I'm going to guess "Beeper Mini stealing m
by MuffinFlavored 3y ago
> Well, Apple does not actually know which serial numbers have been sold.
What about "serial numbers manufactured?"
I'm going to guess "Beeper Mini stealing manufactured-but-not-yet-sold serial #s for themselves" will be shut down super quickly. If you are a user who finally gets a device with a serial # "stolen" by Beeper Mini... that seems like bad luck/bad user experience?
- maxloh 3y agoThat kind of collision is very unlikely to happen. It is comparable to someone stealing your Windows license key by guessing randomly. More on collision: https://stackoverflow.com/a/23253149/ https://stackoverflow.com/a/23253149/
- grishka 3y agoAre Apple device serial numbers hashes, though? Suppose you look through a factory-packed box of iPhones, the kind that Apple resellers get delivered, would their serial numbers not be sequential or at least numerically close to one another?