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		windhaven 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and str... If I had to guess why Apple supports adding certificates, it’s probably to allow Apple TVs to work as AirPlay boxes in corporate/educational environments while playing nice with the IT/device management stuff that entails. For instance, when I was in college, getting something on the college WiFi either required allow-listing it’s MAC address or installing a certificate.

madeofpalk 5 months ago [–]

This, and the fact that a fair bit of this would 'come for free' due to tvOS being based on iOS which has supported custom CAs for ages.

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