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781.
by isodev 2y ago
> it would make more sense if the ICO actually just went after the companies doing fingerprinting directly, instead of being angry at Google I think it’s quite the opposite - Google enabling illegal use of their services should make thei
782.
by isodev 2y ago
Apple is not a person, they don’t “believe” anything. As a corporation, they “calculate” what they can say without getting into more trouble than they’re willing to entertain.
783.
by isodev 2y ago
The line is very simple - my content stays on device, secured (locally) with the current modern and practical tools.
784.
by isodev 2y ago
> asking users about every single minor feature Then perhaps the system is of poor design and needs further work before being unleashed on users…
785.
by isodev 2y ago
Encryption does not automatically mean secure. Encryptions can and will be broken. Any flaw in their implementation (which nobody can verify) would render encryption useless…
786.
by isodev 2y ago
Do you honestly believe people understand what they’re doing? Nowhere in marketing materials or what passes for documentation on iOS we see an explanation of the risks and what it means for one’s identity to be sold off to data brokers. It’
787.
by isodev 2y ago
> does the concern still apply? Yes it does and the blogpost specifically explains why. In short, both iOS and macOS are full of bugs, often with the potential of exposing sensitive information. Also, it’s on by default - nobody in their
788.
by isodev 2y ago
> poor language design We have an excellent modern-day example with Swift - it managed to grow from a simple and effective tool for building apps, to a “designed by committee” monstrosity that requires months to get into.
789.
by isodev 2y ago
I can't speak for the fish shell project - from my pov, Swift is technically a marketing tool Apple uses to keep developers focused on their platforms. It's a lock-in thing. Indie developers love to post about it because it gives
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by isodev 2y ago
Indeed, Apple gadgets work well if your body and lifestyle are close to what Apple tests for. Apple Watch is good “in general”, but for example it would regularly show me to be below sea level, not capture my heart rate (like measure it wil
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by isodev 2y ago
Thanks, this should be the link for the post, instead of the xitter paywal.
792.
by isodev 2y ago
I discovered the feature while on holiday once, we could IM orders for food and drinks while near the pool so they can just bring them. It’s was awesome. Since then I’ve had several customer care services using this instead of email or call
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by isodev 2y ago
Consumer protection laws perhaps? For example here in Belgium/EU, it’s illegal to receive ads by phone or mail unless you opted in, with a clear and easy option to unsubscribe.
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by isodev 2y ago
The very iPhone I’m reading this on is one trade war/sanction away from becoming a useless brick of electronics that probably can’t even show the time without calling to Apple every now and then.
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by isodev 2y ago
The tidal iOS app is also very frustrating to use. I’m not sure leaving Spotify is that easy. Here in Europe, everything is on Spotify - even the podcast my language teacher recommends is Spotify only and it’s not like there are good (as in
796.
by isodev 2y ago
A credit card is “low trust” confirmation of identity. Usually for this kind of services, you also have to submit your ID for verification. Perhaps you’re based in a country where this is not possible so they didn’t ask upfront? Either way,
797.
by isodev 2y ago
I'm not sure what was your concern - Hetzner is obliged by law to make sure their signing up a real person or a company and that their servers are not used for malicious intent.
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by isodev 2y ago
Indeed, the challenge is already resolved in Europe by eID/EIDAS in a privacy respecting way, so the technology exists and it's already proven on a large scale.
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by isodev 2y ago
It's not without challenges but we need to want it. Apple or whatever will never make it easy just from the goodness of their hearts. Consider Asahi linux with their years long efforts to make it possible to use something else as an OS
800.
by isodev 2y ago
Yes, that would be better. I have a drawer full of old iPhone and Mac devices that are practically blobs of ewaste because their OS doesn't update.
801.
by isodev 2y ago
Can't there be a law that says something like "you can't release new hardware while you have unpatched older hardware still in use"? Recall or update your stuff first, release new things second.
802.
by isodev 2y ago
If people don’t read or understand the EULA, then it violates the spirit of the legislation (not to mention it’s plain shady). Consent must be voluntary (opt-in) and informed.
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by isodev 2y ago
Which are surely, totally not ingesting every iota of data they can get their hands on (legally or not, including your prompts) for training and the soon-to-be born “embedded ads”.
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by isodev 2y ago
> I feel … I have been tricked Everything “free” coming from a company means they’ve found a way to monetise you in some way. The big long ToS we all casually accept without reading says so too. Other random examples which appear free bu
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by isodev 2y ago
Indeed… and if it's really problematic, a client-side script can run some expensive calculations as well (the same way captchas do it), to make it extra uninteresting to target unless someone is really motivated and has the budget for
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by isodev 2y ago
I think folks forget that we can add many of the safeguards a captchas provide as part of whatever "form serving app" is needed without torturing our visitors to prove they can count bicycles.
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by isodev 2y ago
I feel folks forget that whatever captchas do (or a large portion of), can be a library without the need for a strange, inaccessible 3rd party service call.
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by isodev 2y ago
Why are captchas even a thing still? If folks want to scrape something or build an automation around something, then why not let them do it? They still have to respect the system they're logging in. Not to mention the privacy perk of n
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by isodev 2y ago
The next target should not be 2.0C but rather 1.6. Understand that everything we’re adding is going to cost us going forward. 2.0 is when the cost become inconceivably high.
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by isodev 2y ago
True, and having the benefit of hindsight, it’s easy for us to judge. The trouble is, Apple’s feedback process is so opaque that we can never know the details. All we have is the feeling of “a simple test of macOS with a third party firewal

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