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0 pointsmiki1232111y ago0 comments

Because with iMessage, it's not about your own security, it's about the security of everybody that you're allowed to message from a given device.

I suspect Apple can significantly cut down on abuse prevention measures just by making it harder to automatically send iMessage spam.

If any random Bluetooth smartwatch was allowed to send those, there's no telling how that capability could be abused, we all know how IoT vendors are with device security.

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cyberax1y ago

> Because with iMessage, it's not about your own security, it's about the security of everybody that you're allowed to message from a given device.

You do realize that you're implying that Apple is insecure by design? Because I can easily (locally) root my iPhone and get raw access to iMessage.

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mistercheph1y ago

> we all know how IoT vendors are with device security.

Couldn't agree more: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord/SearchResults?query=apple+watc...

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