Dr Paris (he/him)Dec 13

posted about my Apple ID woes, please share widely?

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple …

Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison
Show threadGlyphDec 13
@parisba This seems like something @gruber might be interested to write about.
Show threadDr Paris (he/him)Dec 13
@glyph Great point. Hi @gruber ...
Show threadJohn GruberDec 13

@parisba @glyph Indeed. Godspeed and good luck.

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/13/buttfield-addison-apple-account

Paris Buttfield-Addison’s Apple Account Is in Kafka Mode

Link to: https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

Daring Fireball
Show threadDr Paris (he/him)Dec 18
@gruber FYI, John, I'm fully back on the air as of today, but share your concerns on Apple Gift Card safety. Small update here: https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/ — longer one soon. @glyph
20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple …

Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison
Show threadGlyphDec 18
@parisba @gruber Whew. Very glad that they managed to address this somehow, feeling an intense vicarious relief.
Show threadDr Paris (he/him)
@glyph Likewise! I'm evaluating my ability to use a Linux laptop day to day at the moment, though. Still Big Mad.
Dec 18 at 1:20amWeb
Show threadGlyphDec 18
@parisba We Mari Kondo'd our tech life a few years ago which has *largely* been a good decision, but it does mean that I no longer have access to a dumpster full of white-label commodity hardware running free OSes available as a backup. This story has definitely encouraged me to reopen the possibility of at least having a "project" computer again
Show threadDr Paris (he/him)Dec 18
@glyph I used to love computer tinkering, but the older I got the more I enjoyed being actually productive instead of the tinkering. Still not sure if I can actually be productive on Linux though. We shall see. And agreed, project computers can be useful.
Show threadGlyphDec 18
@parisba s a m e
Show threadmasukomiDec 19

@parisba

This story has definitely fueled my motivation for having a backup of all my photos that doesn’t involve Apple’s Cloud