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Background Passive FTP with No GUI Control Survives Apple Store DFU

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What happened

Article URL: https://knowledgeisuserdata.medium.com/passive-ftp-enabled-on-macbook-after-apple-store-reset-and-other-observations-ac8573069e5d Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49955626 Points: 6 # Comments: 1…

Key facts

  • Article URL: https://knowledgeisuserdata.medium.com/passive-ftp-enabled-on-macbook-after-apple-store-reset-and-other-observations-ac8573069e5d Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49955626 Points: 6 # Comments: 1…
  • Reported by Hacker News and published Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:58:54 UTC.

Why it matters

Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

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