Re:Suspicious iOS KeePass Client
by dingledork69 on Sunday May 21, 2023 @12:41PM
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All of the above is only necessary due to Apple's walled garden, which has been shown again to be distributing malware.
On a sane operating system you can just download the binary, install (or "side-load") it and you're done. No need for any crazy bureaucracy or giving apple tons of money for doing nothing of value.
That is not true. To sideload an app a free Apple Developer is required. A 7 day limit is placed on that app before it has to be refreshed. If you pay for Apple's Developer subscription then that limit is increased to 1 year.
Alternatively you can use Altstore [0] and avoid paying for an Apple Developer subscription.
Oooooo, that is cool to know.
When you say refresh after 7-day, is the original installation of your downloaded developer app gets affected/disabled or that 7-day is just a time-limit on how often you can upload your development app?
The provisioning profile expires after 7 days; you can transfer your development app to your devices as often as you want. Not sure if you lose data, when the profile expires, though.
Right. My bad: DUNS ID is only required if you want over the air (OTA) update to your Apple devices through the use of Mobile Device Management (MDM) tool. (I was looking for ease of use, easiest, that is.)
Was unclear on how to circumvent this DUNS ID for just the sideloading. of apps.
Sideloading a self-compile app for Apple ecosphere often requires a DUNS ID by Apple App store which in essence will plunge you, the developer, into a yearly subscription.
Sure that one can do a TestApp, but that one-time DUNS ID requirement still remains.