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  • California man uses AirTag to confront thief who stole his BMW

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    The article says the thief was a neighbor, and that they also planned on going back to the victim's house and steal the wife's car too.

    If the police did their job, victims wouldn't have to be the ones to approach the thieves.
    watto_cobrakillroy

  • Apple Pay NFC tech in iPhone will likely get opened up soon in the EU

    sflocalsflocal
    What is going to happen is when a nefarious user successfully steals money from a side loaded app, or even NFC (if completely open), then all the news-sites, trolls, and Apple-haters will jump in and point all the fingers on Apple for having such "blatant security holes".

    Reminds me years ago when Apple was all over the news for getting hit with a security exploit, only for a small tidbit of info at the very end stated that it was a jailbroken iPhone and the app in question came from Cydia.  That's how sketchy people are.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • macOS Sonoma update fixes USB hubs, Java crashes, and more

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    Grizzmick said:
    Does anyone still use Java for anything ?
    Yes.  Java is used quite extensively outside your little bubble of ignorance.  All our corporate workstations run Java for enterprise apps.  
    muthuk_vanalingamsphericwatto_cobra

  • AirTag & police save builder from massive stolen car replacement expense

    sflocalsflocal
    I'd fire the employee for being that stupid/ignorant for leaving keys on the dashboard for the world to see.  There's victim-shaming, and there's those just asking for it.
    ronnjamnapjbdragonwatto_cobra

  • Latest macOS Sonoma update is breaking some USB hubs in monitors

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    MacOS Sonoma has been the worst MacOS release for Intel-based machines ever.  I'm still on MacOS 14.2 because each point-release update has result in bricking my 2020 iMac and my having to reinstall MacOS, and only with a USB install drive.  Headlines like these makes me wonder if Apple has abandoned any real QC checks with Intel machines.  For the first time ever, I'm seriously considering downgrading my iMac to macOS Monterey as it was completely stable.

    It's a disgrace in my book.  Apple really dropped the ball here.
    muthuk_vanalingamgrandact73Alex1N9secondkox2pulseimages