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Apple services are realtime keys to: - activation: wiping an iOS/iPadOS/visionOS device, or reinstalling a mac after a full disk wipe - apns: push notificatio
by sneak 11mo ago
Apple services are realtime keys to:
- activation: wiping an iOS/iPadOS/visionOS device, or reinstalling a mac after a full disk wipe
- apns: push notifications, used for realtime notifications for all apps on iOS/iPadOS, even things like Signal that do not use Apple's messaging infrastructure
- imessage: enough said
- boot ticket signing: required for any mac to do an OS update (it's serialized to the CPU's ECID)
any one of these going down for any significant period of time is going to cause widespread global economic disruption.
- drnick1 11mo agoAnd this is precisely why you need decentralized systems. It's absurd that text messages are routed through Apple's servers, or that you need Apple's permission to wipe a device.
- FridgeSeal 11mo ago> It's absurd that text messages are routed through Apple's servers Well, that’s because…they’re not text messages.
- gjsman-1000 11mo agoIf they were text messages, it's absurd that text messages are often routed through two servers even!
- sosodev 11mo agoAren't all text messages routed through a server? I guess it's more decentralized when it comes to telecom though.
- NetMageSCW 11mo agoI don’t think it’s any more decentralized than Apple if you are talking about MMS (instead of SMS). Your carrier still provides the MMS servers.
- joecool1029 11mo ago> Aren't all text messages routed through a server? For SMS, no not a central server for all carriers. When SMS service originally launched it wasn’t even cross-carrier. MMS acts like a mailserver at each carrier, sends a push notification and your device has like a day to download full message. For RCS it’s supposed to be federated but carriers gave up and it’s now centralized through Google Jibe.
- NetMageSCW 11mo agoYou need Apple’s permission to wipe a device so when you steal a device, you can’t wipe it and sell it. It’s part of Apple’s ongoing efforts to prevent stolen devices providing any value when stolen.
- fsflover 11mo agoIf this is mandatory, then it's not really your device.
- Ferret7446 11mo agoWell, the alternative is that it's not your device either when someone steals it, it's now their device. The average user cares far more about that
- fsflover 11mo agoIf you can even opt-out of that, this is basically a nanny device.