Is it safe to share your ios development certificate?

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Is it safe to share the same iOS development certificate. Does it expose anything sensitive such as your private key.

The reason I am asking is because Apple seems to have a limit of 3 certificates, and we have quite a few freelance developers working for us.

Note that I am referring to a development certificate (NOT an app distribution certificate).

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 05 '20 at 08:55

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No. The certificate proves bits are yours. The only way to ensure that nobody signs malware is not sharing the keys/certificates.

answered Jun 05 '20 at 08:55

Even if its a development certificate? (Not a production one) – Yahya Uddin Jun 05 '20 at 11:09
Does that also mean we need a separate certificate for every developer. If so, is there a way to get round the certificate limit problem? – Yahya Uddin Jun 05 '20 at 11:12
If it's NOT the production certificates, feel free to share them. https://developer.apple.com/support/certificates/ – Daniel Fisher lennybacon Jun 05 '20 at 16:28

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