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lapcat on Nov 22, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Oh, the Places Your Apple ID Will Go

Some trivia: the "DS" in DSID is "Directory Services", which is a giant Apple-internal database. Apple employees and contractors have a DSID too. It's basically a database of all people that Apple knows, and it's very old.

bryan_w on Nov 22, 2022 [–]

Would you say it could contain shadow profiles of anyone who ever used any apple product (e.g. opened iTunes on windows)

lapcat on Nov 22, 2022 | [–]

No, I don't think so. It would contain anyone who ever created an Apple ID though.

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