XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2023-10-28 20:03:35 +0000, candycanearter07 said:   
      
   > On 10/27/23 21:24, Wally J wrote:   
   >> *If you do not periodically log into the Apple mothership tracking*   
   >> *servers, then Apple will unilaterally _lock_ you out of your account!*   
   >>   
   >> True story.   
   >> *Today, Apple finally let me use my own iPad* (after years as a hostage).   
   >>   
   >> Given all the aqccount information was bogus, I had to literally show them   
   >> a government issued ID card (how's that for privacy) to unlock my own iPad!   
   >>   
   >> Note my account information (login/passwd) never changed!   
   >> Note I never logged out of the account so that never changed either.   
   >>   
   >> The _only_ thing that changed was Apple _forces_ periodically logging into   
   >> their mothership tracking servers - which - for years - I refused to do.   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   >> The problem was that Apple _forces_ you to log into iOS periodically.   
   >> If you don't do that - Apple _locks_ you out of being able to log in.   
   >   
   > So you only have 3 chances to check in, then you need to provide LEGAL   
   > DETAILS? Do they care if you're in a bad signal spot?   
   >   
   > (also fb/meta pulled the same thing and everyone freaked out so this   
   > could be the next apple controversy)   
      
   That story is the usual "Wally J" complete and utter bolocks. He's an   
   anti-Apple nutter troll who has no idea what he's talking about ...   
   probably never even seen an Apple device, let alone used one. Just   
   ignore that idiot.   :-\   
      
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