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  • How to lock apps, hide apps, and find them again in iOS 18

    Increasingly, when Apple talks about "privacy", what they really mean is, "Kids having experiences that are 'private' from their parents, and spouses from spouses." Which of course, lots of the time, means porn. Steve Jobs famously said, "If you want porn, get an Android." Tim Cook's Apple increasingly proves how naive that statement was. 
    williamlondon
  • X website reverts water pistol emoji to realistic gun


    A symbol is *not* the thing being symbolized. Why are people scared of a drawing of a pistol?

    Txitter may be "an irrelevance" to Xbit and others, but it is still used by millions. 
    Who is expressing fear of a drawing of a pistol?  Can you point to examples of this?

    Unfortunately, messaging can be harmful. Messages can create fear. If someone can easily send a picture of a real gun to someone else, it's an avenue of potential threat and harm. X is a conduit between two such people, and by reverting, they are letting their American 2nd-A mentality blind them to the larger harm that can be done with their platform. Sending an image of a water pistol does not have the same impact to a scared recipient as receiving a picture of a real gun. X is in control of this.
    Are you in favor of censoring pornography? Violent video games? Certain gifs? Movies with guns in them? Should I not be allowed to send movie clips to my friends if they have guns? Should videos of police activity not be allowed to be shared, because it might trigger someone (pun intended)? Please let us know why or why not.
    timpetuslinkman
  • X website reverts water pistol emoji to realistic gun

    xbit said:
    X is an irrelevance these days.
    Is that why President Biden's handlers announced he's not running again on Twitter?
    timpetus