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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by w0utert on Thursday November 12, 2020 @11:37AM (#25071592)
Yes, but code signing can be ad-hoc, can be done automatically at build time, and doesn't require notarization. So it's basically just a way to ensure the binary has not been tampered with. I don't really see the problem here, as the code signing itself does not prevent any kind of code from running on macOS Big Sur.
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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by ece on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:49PM (#25074056)
With iOS, you have to be an Apple developer paying $99/yr to do ad-hoc signing, I'm guessing it's the same now for MacOS..
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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by X-Istence on Friday November 13, 2020 @01:03AM (#25079403)
That's not true. Anyone with an Apple ID is able to sign software they build/binaries and install them on their iOS devices.

Although instead of lasting 1 year they only last 7 days, but there is no fee for a user to sign and install their own binaries.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by ece on Friday November 13, 2020 @01:20AM (#25079502)
My question was about MacOS and if similar behaviour exists there too with the M1 Macs.

To clarify iOS, so the app erases itself after 7 days? Or is it something like you can install an app for only 7 days after downloading/using Xcode?

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by ece on Friday November 13, 2020 @08:34PM (#25089530)
To answer my own question, an ad-hoc signed iOS App will deactivate after 7 days unless you pay $99/yr. This behaviour is not present on Big Sur and likely M1 Macs, they can still run notarized and non-notarized apps: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/macos-11-0-big-sur-t...
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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by snovv_crash on Thursday November 12, 2020 @01:23PM (#25072920)
If you can sign ad-hoc then there's no point, right? Just modify and re-sign.
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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by neop1x on Friday November 13, 2020 @06:15AM (#25081150)
Can be ad-hoc? For how long?
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