nicolas_17

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by nicolas_17 3y ago
Where in the article (or the documentation[1]) does it say it will dox individual app developers? [1] https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ...
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
They're now requiring DUNS numbers for organization accounts , not for individuals. Read the article.
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
Yes. It's possible that the device still "thinks" it's locked, but then the person who has it can factory-erase it, and when it contacts the server it will not show up as locked because you removed it from your account.
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
Activation Lock was launched in 2014 with iOS 7. It did reduce theft.
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
And then you find the place the thief dropped it at, via Find My?
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
More info by one of the engineers who designed the Apple Silicon boot system: https://twitter.com/XenoKovah/status/1504797988358602764
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
For dead people there's this whole system: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212360 + https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208510
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
> Apple already have an owner-transfer service that I've used many times, the problem is how this would work if someone passed away. Did you configure this too? https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212360
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
What would it even mean to "retain the stolen status" if you can reuse it normally?
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
If you're okay with your stolen device being reused as long as they can't access your data, you can do that, click the "Erase" button on the Find My app.
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
Teach people not to buy activation-locked laptops, and thieves won't have anyone to sell them to.
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
- If you can provide proof of legal purchase (the receipt must include the serial number etc), you may be able to get it unlocked at https://al-support.apple.com/ - There were a few cases of the owner dying and their relati
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
The system was specifically designed to prevent that too. To install Asahi Linux, you need the macOS user password. You probably don't have it. No worries, just factory-reset it. Now you have to get through activation before you can
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
How can a public IPv4 address be a human right while at the same time "we ran out of them" and there aren't anywhere near enough for everybody?
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
No, I would definitely not call that a "large portion".
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
...so?
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
"We made the OSS version intentionally bad and broken, and we're now discontinuing it because people didn't use it".
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7z5px/twitter-employees-on-...
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
I believe they started archiving reddit stuff in 2021, in reaction to a different PR disaster. There was definitely a huge push to archive more and faster in the last month though.
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
Gee I'm sure nobody thought of using AI for that before /s
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by nicolas_17 3y ago
Gee I'm sure nobody thought of using AI for that before /s
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by nicolas_17 4y ago
What exactly is the use case for "longform writing by AI"? Profiting from mass-produced zero-effort novels?
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by nicolas_17 4y ago
Bug bounty programs usually explicitly forbid accessing other people's data.
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by nicolas_17 4y ago
The number of "native" apps where I discover I can select and copy UI elements because it's all actually HTML...
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by nicolas_17 5y ago
See here: https://web.archive.org/web/20220208052836/https://github.co... That confirms 5c9192436bb195e7a8fe61f22a229ee3d30d8222 was actually the last commit on the main branch yesterday. Apple force-p