Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: 'We took steps to protect our users'

Re:Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: 'We took step... by not_your_vase on Saturday December 16, 2023 @03:01PM (#38667209)

  > If it isn't, why doesn't Apple do this

Not sure if there would be any real benefit in that. Consider the over-abused Macs at university campuses as an example, used by 10s-100s of persons/day, each potentially logging in with their own user ID. Suddenly their ID is tied to a legit HW, if it wasn't the case already. Of course, technically, Apple could ban the IDs or these computers... but why would they?

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Re:Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: 'We took step... by refulgentis on Saturday December 16, 2023 @03:20PM (#38667346)

I think you're right --

You piqued my curiosity with your example, though.

10-100s of people logging into the same Mac with their Apple ID?

Is that possible?

I thought there was a 1:1 mapping of, say, Apple ID signed into ID : *NIX account.

Does OS X have something more ephemeral these days? That would be fantastic for shared computing.

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Re:Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: 'We took step... by PrimeMcFly on Saturday December 16, 2023 @04:15PM (#38667743)

I don't think they meant 10-100s of people logging in simultaneously.

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Re:Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: 'We took step... by lxgr on Saturday December 16, 2023 @04:38PM (#38667952)

Having hundreds or even tens of thousands of Unix accounts on a single system is not a problem in corporate or institutional environments since macOS integrates with LDAP and Active Directory via Open Directory.

I was able to log in to any of the Macs in the computer rooms on campus at my university using my regular Unix username and password.

UIDs go as high as 2 billion on macOS as well (they're signed 32 bit integers), which should fit even the largest institutions even without aliasing of local UIDs to directory server names.

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Re:Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: 'We took step... by Terretta on Sunday December 17, 2023 @12:38AM (#38670590)

OK, but those aren't AppleIDs?

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Re:Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: 'We took step... by dangus on Sunday December 17, 2023 @12:50AM (#38670645)

They’re not Apple IDs but each user can login with an Apple ID. Presumably you do that once and it sticks because it’s part of your user profile.

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Re:Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: 'We took step... by bluish29 on Saturday December 16, 2023 @04:39PM (#38667961)

I don't think that many of these devices allows you to login with your own ID. It is tied to a public account controlled by university IT. Why do you think it is pain to just change anything or add new program needed?

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Re:Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: 'We took step... by jimmaswell on Sunday December 17, 2023 @01:04AM (#38670704)

Thankfully I never sat down at a public comouter at my college and found it was a Mac.

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