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  • Edward Snowden calls Apple CSAM plans 'disaster-in-the-making'

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    bluefire1 said:
    Champion of privacy no more.
    I don't take advice from from the chicken little residing in Hotel Putin.
    ikirmwhiteEsquireCatsdewmerobaba9secondkox2

  • Apple debuts $549 AirPods Max over-ear headphones

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    Xed said:
    It's labelled with L and R for the Left and Right sides. How are they going to market that in countries where English isn't known or spoken widely?
    I'm not seeing a problem. Are you suggesting that they shouldn't use L and R?

    Why not look at what headphones use right now? I looked at the French pages for AirPods Max and they still show L and R despite that languages having different words for left and right, as I recall.

    All I've ever seen is L and R so it's either universally understand or they use a different label if and when they sell headphones in another country.

    The most important question that should've crossed your mind before posting is what has Apple been doing for the hundreds of millions of headphones they've been selling for decades.

    Don't listen to the troll claiming that using L & R is illegal. Yes, there are countries that have legislated that all documentation is to be delivered in the local language. It doesn't force labels to be conformant: no D/G instead of L/R in France. Nor are these laws applied systematically. I've installed software used by the French presidency & even though the delivery and general use documentation is in French, the reference documentation is still in English.
    mike1ronnwilliamlondonwatto_cobrasvanstrom

  • Outdated Apple CSAM detection algorithm harvested from iOS 14.3 [u]

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    Beats said:
    The fact anyone can reverse engineer this is scary.
    Concern troll much?
    The fact that anyone can reverse engineer this is expected -- for anyone with any knowledge of software development.
    darkvaderwatto_cobra

  • Apple debuts $549 AirPods Max over-ear headphones

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    Looking over the description page at Apple.com, I looked closer at the volume knob and must wonder out loud what in the world were they thinking when they decided to put that closer to the BACK than the FRONT on top of the headphones? 

    The volume knob will be THE MOST USED function of these headphones. And if a person is lying down on a pillow, as shown in their video/ad, the odds that the volume knob will be accidentally moved or triggered have increased hugely. And the physically awkward placement will also make it more difficult to reach in those cases when something very loud suddenly blasts over the headphones.

    This is one of those slap yourself on the forehead moments. Form should never override function on something like headphones. 
    Before commenting, did you think to yourself "why don't people complain that the Digital Crown on iWatches keeps getting triggered by their shirtsleeve?". Naah, that'd be thinking and thinking is hard for some people.

    Apple took the digital crown from the iWatch for the Airpods Max. Digital crowns, like iPhone screen are capacitative, so unless you're wearing a shirt with conducive threads for the iWatch or pillow cases with same for the Max aren't triggered by just being brushed with fabric. Try thinking harder before posting and wasting everyone's time in the future.

    Or, you could just slap yourself on the forehead if that's what gets you to think.
    ronnanantksundaramwilliamlondonkiltedgreenwatto_cobra

  • Edward Snowden calls Apple CSAM plans 'disaster-in-the-making'

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    darkvader said:
    fastasleep said:
    cpsro said:
    iOS 15 Mail has a feature to obscure your IP address when loading remote images… and Apple offers to load them automatically with the obscured IP. How many people will have no idea what this is really about and choose to load images automatically? While the IP is obscured, the mere act of loading images confirms your email address is valid, that the messages are read, and indicates when they are read. So much for privacy.
    How is this related to this article in any way? "So much for privacy", like it's Apple's fault. They remove tracking pixels and will be doing a few other things to obfuscate data for senders, but yes you are correct that loading remote content attached to your user ID reveals you opened it. This is an improvement over what's currently offered, and there's no magic solution here. What is your solution?

    Don't open remote images in mail.  The solution couldn't be more obvious or simple, and it should be the default.

    And yes, that's completely different from Apple's spyware that scans your data on your phone.

    yeah, Apple should break how embedded images in Email has worked for everyone because darkvader would enjoy the massive ensuing apple hate-fest.

    Those of us who care know how to turn remote content off & why more people should do so.
    StrangeDaysfastasleep

  • New OWC miniStack adds storage options, Thunderbolt hub to Mac mini

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    Looks like I will be picking up one of these when they become available, mostly so I can add some TBolt connected storage as a backup for a flakey Drobo on my 2019 Intel MacMini. I'd also like to get the TBolt connector to the Drobo off of the MacMini as the MacMini runs hot and the Tbolt connectors are all above it's exhaust.
    watto_cobra