[HN Gopher] iOS now requires Sign On with Apple alongside other ...
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iOS now requires Sign On with Apple alongside other auth providers
Author : catchmeifyoucan
Score : 34 points
Date : 2020-03-07 19:20 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| onyva wrote:
| That's great news. I never use apps that force me to login with
| either Google Facebook or twitter. There should always be an
| option to login with an email address and apples logging with
| disposable non personal email is really easy and useful.
| isofivepatoi wrote:
| Yes. Given the other article on the front page regarding the
| guy who got dragged in by the dystopian drag net, we need
| companies who don't rely on keeping our information in PII form
| in order to make money or hold their stock value.
|
| This should be cheered by all.
| steve_taylor wrote:
| Does it apply to social games that optionally allow users to sign
| in with Facebook to compare their progress with that of their
| friends? Sign in with Apple would seem utterly useless for this
| very common use case.
| VoxPelli wrote:
| For that Apple already has Game Center, and Sign In with Apple
| is no social network, so it by itself could not replace
| anything like that
| jcrites wrote:
| Pretty sure this was announced at the same time as Sign On with
| Apple originally, no?
|
| According to the Wayback Machine, the same terms were present as
| early as October 1st 2019 (maybe earlier; didn't look):
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| https://web.archive.org/web/20191001161920/https://developer...
| satysin wrote:
| When Sign in with Apple was announced it was stated it wouldn't
| be a requirement until April 2020.
|
| As per https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=09122019b
| jannotti wrote:
| They also used to say you needed to do this if you
| "exclusively" used third party sign on. Now it's if you use
| third party sign on at all.
| bruceb wrote:
| So all iOS apps must now offer Apple sign-in?? I am getting this
| right, this seems like it would trigger some anti trust action?
| KukicAdnan wrote:
| Only if they offer other social login options like Facebook and
| Twitter for example. If the app doesn't support oAuth, then
| there's no requirement to have sign in with apple.
| bruceb wrote:
| Still seems a bit crazy. Dictating that apps have to have
| Apple login.
|
| Seems no real justification other than Apple can use its
| power.
| vbezhenar wrote:
| Apple store, apple rules.
| tehbeard wrote:
| It seems like it would be a safer option for customers
| privacy wise Vs Facebook login. That said, uncomfortable
| questions have to be to asked if sign on with apple can be
| blocked to, by proxy, block/remove an app from the store.
| fnordsensei wrote:
| Only if the app offers other third-party sign in options. A
| service that relies only on itself for authentication doesn't
| need to provide it.
| k-ian wrote:
| Sign in with Apple is not required if:
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| - Your app exclusively uses your company's own account setup and
| sign-in systems.
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| - Your app is an education, enterprise, or business app that
| requires the user to sign in with an existing education or
| enterprise account.
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| - Your app uses a government or industry-backed citizen
| identification system or electronic ID to authenticate users.
|
| - Your app is a client for a specific third-party service and
| users are required to sign in to their mail, social media, or
| other third-party account directly to access their content.
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