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Getting Your iPhone Repaired Could Ban You From Snapchat (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Apple urges developers to not use DeviceCheck for anything beyond basic device verification, and if you're a developer that's also misusing it, then you should definitely cease that—there are probably more reliable ways to check whether it's the same user trying to access an account from a device or not.

Sounds reasonable…

But then, why would you use it?

For example, you might use this data to identify devices that have already taken advantage of a promotional offer that you provide, or to flag a device that you’ve determined to be fraudulent.

Oh, ok. Wait, what? But…

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Luckily Apple strictly controls the App Store and will never allow apps to abuse this, right? Right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah? That makes perfect sense, don’t use it beyond a basic device verification, for example verifying if the device has already been used in a promo or stolen.

Those are instances where you need to check the device itself not the user.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So getting my iPhone repaired can ban me from a promo that I haven't used yet? How does that make sense.