Post 3564573 by leadore@toot.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #3559301 by peter@toot.cafe
       2019-01-30T19:59:14Z
       
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       Ahh the satisfying feeling of "come-uppance"...Apple have now revoked Facebook's enterprise certificate, breaking their ability to distribute internal iOS apps. It came after news broke of Facebook's dodgy "research" app that paid teens and young adults for access to all their Internet data via a VPN - using their enterprise certificate to bypass App Store approval, in a clear breach of Apple's rules.https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-blocked-internal-ios-apps
       
 (DIR) Post #3559846 by callahad@wandering.shop
       2019-01-30T20:17:07Z
       
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       @peter I'm really uncomfortable with the precedent that sets.We have completely relinquished control over our own devices and become sharecroppers. I pray that the Web can mount a credible challenge with PWAs, but we're still all at Apple's mercy on iOS.None of this is news, but it just feels so viscerally wrong right now... Shouldn't our civil institutions hold  Facebook accountable somehow, and not a private entity?
       
 (DIR) Post #3560195 by peter@toot.cafe
       2019-01-30T20:25:31Z
       
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       @callahad Yeah. I don't think Apple are in the wrong here, Facebook are, but it also highlights that big single point of failure of one certificate with one company if that's what you're using for all your internal apps too. I would've thought most companies are using the web already for most of their internal enterprise software? But granted they're most often not a slick experience, so better PWAs required. And agree re. civil institutions too, they're generally too slow and too lax.
       
 (DIR) Post #3562746 by mdm@mcnamarii.town
       2019-01-30T21:40:21Z
       
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       @peter Which is interesting, because as of right now, Facebook can't technically test any new versions of its iOS app internally, right?
       
 (DIR) Post #3562814 by peter@toot.cafe
       2019-01-30T21:42:23Z
       
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       @mdm Yeah I think so, not to actual iOS devices at scale anyway.
       
 (DIR) Post #3564573 by leadore@toot.cafe
       2019-01-30T22:34:32Z
       
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       @peter @callahad FB deliberately violated the terms and knew that doing so would result revocation of their certificate. FB is probably shocked that they weren't allowed to get away with it like they are accustomed to. IMO Apple was right to do it. Someone has to start holding FB accountable.The single point of failure thing only demonstrates that FB is way too big and controls way too much. It should be broken up just like any monopoly should be.
       
 (DIR) Post #3604107 by peter@toot.cafe
       2019-02-01T00:26:15Z
       
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       And one day later... "Apple bans Google’s developer certificate"   https://bgr.com/2019/01/31/apple-developer-certificate-google-facebook/
       
 (DIR) Post #3605271 by Jason_Dodd@mastodon.social
       2019-02-01T01:08:21Z
       
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       @peter Maybe the freedom haters will all kill themselves.