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It does affect any internal apps Facebook has, though.


Only ones signed on the same certificate.

One expects the reason they reused their primary enterprise cert is so they wouldn't have to justify their spyware in a new request to Apple...

You build a house out of kerosene jugs, don't go crying when it burns down.


The article indicates their lunch menus and staff transportation apps don't work.

> Apple has shut down Facebook’s ability to distribute internal iOS apps, from early releases of the Facebook app to basic tools like a lunch menu. A person familiar with the situation tells The Verge that early versions of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and other pre-release “dogfood” (beta) apps have stopped working, as have other employee apps, like one for transportation.

I'm totally fine with this house burning down. Just noting that this is apparently having very significant internal effects, even if the public Facebook app is fine.


> I'm totally fine with this house burning down. Just noting that this is apparently having very significant internal effects...

And this is ALL on Facebook and NOT Apple. Facebook understood the consequences when they decided to abuse the Enterprise Cert. They took the risk and got called on it. This is Facebook's fault. Full stop.


Full stop, no arguments, I’m right? Are you open to discussion or here to impose your ideas?


In a way, that seems like the best counterstrike by Apple. Minimally disruptive to the public at large, massively disruptive to the bad actor.


"Only" is a little bit of an understatement.

Almost every single employee that has an iPhone is running beta/dogfood releases signed with the enterprise certificate. Facebook, Workplace, Messenger, Work Chat, Instagram all fall under this umbrella. The "lunch app" people are talking about also lists open tasks and calendar events.

It's going to be internally catastrophic.


Sounds like an own-goal that they could’ve avoided by not being slimy.


Well, if FB used them the way they were obliged to, Apple wouldn't have to take this step.




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