Apple put a server on the Internet just like every other company does.
Just like any bank does...
On 30 Jan 2024 07:11:03 GMT, Bernd Froehlich wrote:
Apple put a server on the Internet just like every other company does.
Just like any bank does...
I said every company. That includes banks. And people who make doughnuts.
What is interesting is the Apple posters think this is about the iPhone.
They don't understand it's not about the iPhone but about the server.
On 30 Jan 2024 07:11:03 GMT, Bernd Froehlich wrote:
Apple put a server on the Internet just like every other company
does.
Just like any bank does...
I said every company. That includes banks. And people who make
doughnuts.
What is interesting is the Apple posters think this is about the
iPhone.
Because only because that server does two things that some people
want.
Clearly pointed out it is indeed about Apple's servers many times. And
to have access to said servers: buy Apple products. Otherwise get your
own server.
On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:01:44 -0500, Alan Browne wrote:
Clearly pointed out it is indeed about Apple's servers many times. And
to have access to said servers: buy Apple products. Otherwise get your
own server.
We agree on everything you just said.
It's good you understand it was always about Apple's mainframe servers.
Apple built a system which turns the iPhone into a dumb terminal for the purpose of all the things you like about Apple's server-based messaging.
That dumb-terminal iPhone was designed to require the use of Apple
mainframes to do the nice things you like about Apple's messaging system.
Beeper wanted some of those nice things that the mainframe model provides.
So Beeper took advantage of Apple's inability to code a secure server.
Apple subsequently closed the (multiple) loopholes that Beeper exploited.
It's no different a process when the hackers exploit a zero-day zero-click hole in Apple's messaging implementation (five of which were this year!).
1. Apple puts out insecure server code.
2. Hackers exploit that insecure server code.
3. Apple subsequently patches the insecure server code.
Beeper didn't do anything different than what hackers do all the time.
Just like hackers serve the needs of their customer base, Beeper was only serving the needs of its customer base. Only Apple finally plugged it up.
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