[jsnell]

Apple is like the last company in that space to do this. Google has had these warnings since 2012. Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter since 2015.

(I agree that it's great that Apple is finally doing this. But it seems entirely par for the course for them to be a decade late and still get the credit.)

[punnerud]

I have never seen any warnings from Google or Facebook if I automate against my own accounts, and dumping the data. Only on sign-in attempts. That kind of warning is very limited, and Apple also have them.

It seems like Apple now have introduced ‘honey pots’ and other techniques to discover if there already is someone with access to your account/device, and that is a big deal and good news. And something I have never seen from any of the other big companies.

[concinds]

The warning is for government-sponsored attacks, not any kind of automation.

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/updates-about-gove...