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by weikju 5y ago
I think most people are fine with the measures taken in Messages, much less so with the measures taken with scanning of images and reporting to authorities, and the possible scope creep that is only prevented by policy, rather than by capab
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by weikju 5y ago
macOS Monterey's keychain (as well as iOS 15) will support MFA, though
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by weikju 5y ago
You're right. Free Software isn't there yet. So I just took some of my money and donated to a few projects.. Drop in the ocean, but a drop nonetheless.
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by weikju 5y ago
> Maybe there will be more of an uproar when this inevitably comes to macOS. It's coming to the next macOS release this fall.
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by weikju 5y ago
This is the case where the scanning is being moved from iCloud to local devices -- still only for photos that are set to be uploaded to iCloud of course.. for now. I think overall what bothers people is more anxiety about what comes NEXT. S
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by weikju 5y ago
Yeah I'm confused about that statement too. From that point of view, a cron job running on a Linux system, daily, which updates the "locate" db is also a breach of trust and privacy..
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by weikju 5y ago
Anybody else feel the chilling effect, wanting to sign this but unsure of future implications of doing so?
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by weikju 5y ago
Ah, thanks for clarifying the question, and it's a really good one, and I haven't seen the answer to that. I'm guessing it would have been part of one recent update to the OS, and the feature then gets enabled on a certain da
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by weikju 5y ago
They've said the on-device scanning is done only when you are using iCloud Photos. So it's on-device scanning but only when you are deciding to share your photos with Apple... At least that's how it is for now. https:/&
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by weikju 5y ago
They write the OS that runs on your iPhone, so of course they have the ability to do this or anything else.
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by weikju 5y ago
How much to get your $2000 in and out of a bitcoin wallet/exchange?
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by weikju 5y ago
1) that's whataboutism 2) people complain about Firefox as well and many are avoiding Firefox as a result, blocking Firefox's connection to Mozilla with various tools, etc.
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by weikju 5y ago
Surely not by sending data to law enforcement in Russia, USA, etc…
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by weikju 5y ago
When Time machine backs up over Samba, it creates a sparse HFS+ disk image bundle on the remote drive. File are not backed up directly to the ext4.
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by weikju 5y ago
Point is I don't care if Safari doesn't support notifications, since I don't want them anyway. So I see it as a plus.
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by weikju 5y ago
I don't want notifications on any webpage. if I need to see an update on your website, I'll click a link/bookmark or type the URL, thank you.
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by weikju 5y ago
Not to mention that PWAs/web apps, while being "open web technologies", are inferior in that [0] by default all the data/secret sauce is for all intents and purposes proprietary and outside the control of the user. Big w
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by weikju 5y ago
1) the egress would still be in China 2) regardless of #1, iCloud Relay will not be available in China (as well as other countries)
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by weikju 5y ago
Which is strange because displaying the full URL is an option in the Safari Preferences (on macOS, not on iOS)...
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by weikju 5y ago
My first Apple Store repair experience over a decade ago, _they_ asked me to create a separate admin user account for their usage, never crossed their mind to ask me for my password. Times change or attitude varies by location or person?
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by weikju 6y ago
There was one Babylon 5 episode where an alien probe approaches the station and broadcasts a bunch of scientific questions that if we answer correctly, they will grant us knowledge beyond our dreams. The final decision was to move the probe
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by weikju 6y ago
Until you realize that in some counties “blue” is a euphemism for “gay” and you’re right back where you started.
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by weikju 6y ago
With that attitude, no one would have ever started trying to write and run their own kernel called Freax on a PC...
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by weikju 6y ago
No conspiracy. When I first calmed down after I felt the shaking I checked the JMA website and it was reported as a 7.3. Later downgraded to 7.1. This happens all the time
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by weikju 6y ago
email is federated, Signal is not, it may not be a company but it still is one entity that is pretty much in control of the communication and contact discovery...
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by weikju 6y ago
> the 5th season was also quite terrible With the exception of the final episode, which was filmed along with Season 4 before (as you said) they knew they would get renewed for a 5th. Absolutely gut-wrenching episode. Still, season 5 doe
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by weikju 6y ago
What does this mean exactly? EDIT: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25773611 answers this As far as I'm aware the tool (probably Disk Utility I think?) on macOS that allows you to replace the bootloader etc
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by weikju 6y ago
With telemetry as a bonus
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by weikju 6y ago
Teams is electron too, and really hungry on battery, and slow, and only recently re-added the ability to open chats in separate windows (ability lost when migrating from Skype for Business), and even that is slow and clunky and only for ind
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by weikju 6y ago
> Direct access hems users in a static framework. Evolution is unfrequent and controlled by central and distant agents. Creativity is out of the user's hand. > Time sharing, as it became popular, is a living organism in which an

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