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Re:Apple will switch to randomized serial numbers in early 2021 by Jaxkr on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @10:33PM (#26407449)
Why? And why only Macs and not iPhones? Is this currently a major privacy issue?
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Re:Apple will switch to randomized serial numbers in early 2021 by throwaway2048 on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @10:40PM (#26407493)
Likely to prevent gleaning of production amounts from serial numbers.
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Re:Apple will switch to randomized serial numbers in early 2021 by Nextgrid on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @09:44AM (#26411708)
I 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.
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Re:Apple will switch to randomized serial numbers in early 2021 by rasz on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @10:48PM (#26407532)
Its a business issue.
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