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Re:Samsung Outsells iPhone, Breaks Shipping Records by binarycrusader on Saturday July 28, 2012 @03:53PM (#4306322)
No, Apple doesn't approve your company first. You simply sign up as an individual or as a company and then you get to generate certificates which you can then use to sign any application you want.

And by default, you can simply hold down a shortcut key to open an application and install it anyway without a signature.

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Re:Samsung Outsells iPhone, Breaks Shipping Records by Tichy on Saturday July 28, 2012 @04:48PM (#4306465)
So what is the point if Apple doesn't even verify your company?

As for the shortcut keys, I can never remember them.

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Re:Samsung Outsells iPhone, Breaks Shipping Records by binarycrusader on Saturday July 28, 2012 @05:32PM (#4306581)
The point is this: if malware is published using your developer certificate, then Apple can simply revoke the certificate and by default, users won't be able to install or run your applications anymore.

As for the shortcut keys, they're documented, so you don't have to remember them.

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