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by abalone 9y ago
> If I were committed to using only iPhones, iPads, and Macs for the rest of my tech life, I might still be on Safari. Its performance is great on both iOS and macOS... and it offers a choice of ad blockers among a reasonable selection
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by abalone 9y ago
That worked in the past but Apple got hip to it and specfically note that the SEP delay counter survives reboots. Maybe they missed something again but it seems less likely. My money is on a set of vulns similar to what CTS-Labs found in AM
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by abalone 9y ago
Well, it's technically a software exploit. They are clearly loading custom firmware onto the phone which the secure boot chain is supposed to prevent. On top of that the SEP coprocessor has its own secure boot chain and is supposed to
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by abalone 9y ago
> This seems to be a software exploit... Yes but it certainly is exploiting a major hardware(?) flaw in the Secure Enclave Processor and/or the secure boot chain. The SEP is supposed to hold the decryption key, seeded at manufactu
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by abalone 9y ago
How does this compare to Safari's intelligent tracking protection that came out last year? That uses ML and sounds like it's considerably more sophisticated, allowing certain forms of desirable cross-site tracking and not relying
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by abalone 9y ago
No, that actually says it's not included in the Downloaded Info. It's in the Activity Log, which is omitted from the download. This is not obvious and misleading. In fact someone asked whether they could download their activity
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by abalone 9y ago
Except the archive contains ads topics, ads engagement history, advertisers who uploaded a contact list with your info, and account login activity, none of which qualify as copyrighted content that you shared. That's private usage data
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by abalone 9y ago
> I would say if they provide everything you've directly provided, they've fulfilled their "obligation." Post likes, shares and search history are all examples of data you've directly provided that they're
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by abalone 9y ago
I am overall critical of FB (see my top comment on the omission of search history) but in this case I can see this as a good faith design decision. Yes, ideally users should distinguish between: - "block" (keep track of them so th
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by abalone 9y ago
I mentioned search history because it's one example where we can prove the archive doesn't export all your information. Because it's visible in the UI if you know where to look. Presumably the same is true for likes on posts&
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by abalone 9y ago
I just downloaded my Facebook data archive. It is incomplete. They are leaving out one of the creepiest aspects: Your search history. Click in the search bar on Facebook. On the right is an Edit button. This shows the search history they
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by abalone 9y ago
Incorrect. Autopilot offers by far the most important training data: driver overrides. That is the dangerous part of the learning and Tesla makes its customers do it.
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by abalone 9y ago
Yeah, Tesla’s response to that is it’s like a plane: autopilot means you still have be at the controls. But it’s nothing like a plane. Concrete walls don’t suddenly appear in the sky. The required reaction time to avoid an autopilot collisi
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by abalone 9y ago
Tesla is recklessly using its own customers to train their fleet for level 5. AT BEST their response is, drivers need to be 100% as attentive as they would without autopilot. What then is the point of autopilot, except to train the fleet?
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by abalone 9y ago
Yeah, that’s still just an architectural difference. Nobody is conflating graphql and Firebase. It’s AppSync and Firebase. AppSync gives you more flexibility with the back end thanks in part to graphql, which is cool, but for most people it
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by abalone 9y ago
Is there any evidence it’s not? Does Tesla publish their crash rate? Also note that they are an extremely small segment of the vehicle population so it may not be a statistically valid sample yet.
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by abalone 9y ago
May I ask a very simple question here. I’ve never heard a cogent answer. What exactly is the point of autopilot if you have to remain 100% attentive with your hands on the wheel? What is the benefit? I get that cruise control lets you take
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by abalone 9y ago
It’s built on AWS primitives, so while there is some lock in there, it’s not as bad as being tied to Firebase’s backend.
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by abalone 9y ago
Plus real-time sync and offline capabilities. And I think some search and access control features.
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by abalone 9y ago
That’s an architectural difference. Firebase predates graphql. I think the idea is at a high level they both target the same type of customer and use case, i.e. rapid development. No?
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by abalone 9y ago
I.e. AWS’s take on Firebase, built on AWS primitives. This has been out for a few months now. Any experiences with it?
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by abalone 9y ago
Obama is a New Democrat who lean right-wing ("conservative") on fiscal/economic issues.[1] > CA-rate health care costs [are] the single biggest reason why even big corps like Wells Fargo, Charles Schwab and Bank of Americ
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by abalone 9y ago
Misrepresenting the taxation level and/or financial solvency of California is a regular right-wing trope, targeting the general attitude that governments should provide social services.
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by abalone 9y ago
...a largely tourism and mining based economy that has failed to attract high-tech talent.[1][2] [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/09/zappos-ceo-tony-hsieh-what-i... [2] https://qz.com/875086&#
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by abalone 9y ago
> On top of that, if you form your business in San Francisco, you are mandatory charged a 4% "Healthy San Francisco" city tax that is supposed to helps pay for employee's healthcare. This is misleading right-wing B.S. Th
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by abalone 9y ago
> One simple privacy-focused solution Apple could have implemented since many years ago is keeping iMessages E2EE, instead of backing them all up to the cloud automatically Which means they would not be recoverable or even restorable t
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by abalone 9y ago
tl;dr Common criminals go with default security settings. This is about to get even worse for law enforcement. To date, iCloud backup still offers a way for law enforcement to access data with a warrant. However that is about to change. App
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by abalone 9y ago
100K simultaneous connection limit is published here: https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/usage/limits
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by abalone 9y ago
No, they tokenize.[1] [1] https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00043932/
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by abalone 9y ago
One the huuuugely under-appreciated benefits of Apple Pay is that it is immune to these retailer hacks. It never transmits your card number or name to the retailer. Instead it uses a token (substitute number) that is tied to iPhone-based

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