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  • Apple releases iOS 14.7.1, iPadOS 14.7.1 with Apple Watch TouchID unlock fix [u]

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    The update is also available for my FaceID phone.  With any luck, it will fix the same problem on that.  Downloading it now.

    Edit to add:  No luck.  The unlock bug still exists with my FaceID phone.
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  • John McAfee dies in Spanish prison following extradition order to US

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    DAalseth said:
    Beats said:
    R.I.P.
    This man’s virus alerts nagged all Windows machines across the world.
    I don't know about early on, it might have been good at one time.  When I was doing IT support though MacAfee AntiVirus was a plague. It was one of the thinks we nuked new machines to get rid of.
    Back in DOS days, it was one of the best.  
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  • Only 4% of iOS users in US are opting in to ad tracking, report says

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    hexclock said:
    I’d sure like to meet some of these 4 percenters. 
    I'm one of them, on one of 3 devices.  I decided that I want to see when apps start asking, how they phrase their plea to track, and whether they keep asking.

    So far, only Dictionary (by dictionary.com) has asked, but it only provided its own prompt, to which I said No, and I did not get the request from iOS itself.  So the app does not show up in the list of apps that have asked to track.  So far, it has asked twice, for the first two times I opened it, but it hasn't asked since.  If it starts asking again, I will say yes and then go turn it off manually in the Settings app.
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  • Bumble warns Apple privacy push could hurt business in IPO filing

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    tommikele said:
    flydog said:
    How Bumble manages to lose $100 million a year on an app is anyone's guess, but being able to track people appears to be the least of their problems. 
    No, it is not "anyone's guess." It is extremely easy and quite understandable when you are building a national/international business, especially one that is essentially a marketing operation with no hard product. I am surprised you don't seem to understand startup costs, expansion costs and marketing costs how that can drive losses for young growth operation. That's the message your remarks sends.

    I could be wrong, but I can not find anywhere in the article where it says Bumble lost $100 MM. The reason I can't find it is because it doesn't say that and they didn't lose $100 MM. It doesn't mention any amount of financial losses.

    From what I read, the article is about the effects Apple's new privacy policies could have on their business prospects moving forward.
    The $116 million loss is not mentioned in the article, but, unsurprisingly, it is mentioned in the IPO filing.
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  • Apple's T2 chip has an unfixable vulnerability that could allow root access

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    longpath said:
    I’m more interested in whether Apple will take this wake up call, and take steps to prevent such a blunder with the forthcoming Apple Silicon systems.
    The problem is already fixed in the A12 chip and beyond, so it's unlikely Apple will reintroduce the bug in their ARM Macs.  Their developers' edition has an A12Z, so even it should be immune.
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