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EpicEng on Jan 23, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Ap...

It's there so that you can create a junk account for apps which want access to your credentials? Doubtful. Remember the context of the topic.

nknighthb on Jan 23, 2014 [–]

This thread started with:

"It's pretty crazy that you need to use the same credentials to "buy" a $0 app as you have to remotely lock and wipe your iphone and mac."

I'm having no trouble remembering the context. Why are you?

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