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I thought the point of requiring a payment was that the ID could be traced back to a real person or company, so law enforcement could follow things like this up
by takluyver 13y ago
I thought the point of requiring a payment was that the ID could be traced back to a real person or company, so law enforcement could follow things like this up?
- ajross 13y agoThe point of requiring a payment is to make money. There is no meaningful mechanism to require a true "real human being" identity. It's no different than the presence of a TLS cert on an arbitrary domain, all it tells you is that the attacker cared enough to expend resources on the attack.
- demlulz 13y agoIf Apple wanted to actually 'make money' from its developer program fees, it'd cost a lot more than $99 - even more than it cost before the Mac App Store. I realize that $99 may be a lot of money for people like you, so I appreciate that this might be difficult to grasp at first. Keep trying, I've got faith in you!
- kybernetyk 13y agoThere's no real ID check when you sign up for a paid Apple developer account. A stolen credit card and an email address is enough.