[MacroChip]

You sure you want that last sentence? If that were happening, we would all be commenting on here about how Apple decides who succeeds and who fails by threatening to revoke companies' keys on a whim.

[vorpalhex]

Apple did that when Facebook was abusing enterprise signed apps and nobody threw shade at Apple. There's a time and place for that, and this is it.

Now, if Apple revoked their cert because they didn't like Zooms view on <some political issue> then I'd be ranting and raving with the rest of HN.

[MacroChip]

Ok thanks for the example. I hadn't heard of that, so I just briefly read about it. It looked like there were clear terms about the Enterprise apps: that it was for internal, employee use. Facebook was distributing it to non employees. I imagine that is why there was little shade thrown.

[princekolt]

Why not? The software is effectively working as malware. I should be revoked. And when they approve it again, they should issue a new certificate, to make sure the old software never gets past GateKeeper again.

[eeeeeeeeeeeee]

Yes, I do. And in no way is revocation in this instance a “whim.”

[MacroChip]

Understood. I would hope that they spell out the terms of when a key revocation would happen if they were to revoke keys.