Hong Kong Ireserve - Suggestion
Hi Apple,
I would like to know why Hong Kong region's Ireserve is allow China resident to apply?
It is unfair that they are using software to auto-submit the form to apple server directly.
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For me, I wake up early in the morning(8am everyday) and send SMS and apply it in front of the PC everyday and found that less than 1 minute are ready out of stock for 3 retail shops. Why 8:00am start and you accept 8:00:05 or less time can success reserved, I don't think that it human being and logical. (without taking typing speed, from page 1 to page 3 should used up 10 seconds, right?)
I am not sure their software can skip to send SMS procedure and get the code or not, but they are able to get the captchaImage before 8:00 and get the SMS ID surely!
Here is my suggestion for your IT for consider:
1. Collect & Record the IP address with PC information(Harddisk, CPU, RAM) that had success reserved. If the same IP address with PC request again within 5-10 seconds, the IP address will block for 1-2 minutes.
2. To prevent software that keep submit or ping the apple server. block the ip address for 10 minute.
Finally, is the problem that I mentioned, China has many forge passport that HK apple retail staff is not able to check the "trust", so I am recommend that China IR for China resident and HK IR for Hong Kong resident ONLY. (China programmer using the software apply the ireserve and hand make a new passport on the same day!!)
Await your reply.