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  • Coalition for App Fairness profile reveals organizational efforts against Apple

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    They are a joke. I stopped commenting on their Twitter posts (which are just the same drivel repeated over & over). I think there have only ever been 4-5 people whoever bothered to comment (including me). I’m sure they think I’m a stalker for being a regular commenter. Their like/repost counts are always in the single digits.

    Short story? Their Twitter account is irrelevant. I can’t imagine their coalition having too much influence (outside of their own delusions).
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  • FTC sues to block Nvidia's $40B acquisition of Arm

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    I don’t see the issue with Nvidia buying ARM. If authorities are so concerned they can attach conditions to the sale. A big one would be that existing licensees are guaranteed their current agreements would continue.
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  • Apple sues NSO Group over Pegasus iPhone spyware

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    lkrupp said:
    If my understanding of this software is correct, Pegasus can attack iOS remotely without the user doing anything. The bigger question is why Apple has not been able to put a stop to it. Is there something about Pegasus and iOS that Apple can’t fix?

    Apple already patched the last version.

    The problem is these are unknown exploits. Nobody is telling Apple about them so they are unaware of their existence.

    With the most recent example, Apple was able to patch within one week once they had access to data from an infected device. That took several months. 
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  • Apple to pursue copyright claims against Corellium in appellate court

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    gatorguy said:
    One day after Corellium announces they will sponsor research into the new on-iPhone CSAM initiative and the security and privacy behind it? Huh. 
    Still up to your usual bullshit.

    Apple is the one who has made it possible for third parties to do this research and perform audits on their CSAM system, not Corellium.

    Apple appealing this case does nothing to hamper the countless other researchers who will no doubt also be looking into how CSAM scanning works.

    The most reasonable explanation is there’s a time limit on the appeal or some other procedural
    matter that happened to coincide with this announcement. Or, more likely, Corelliums lawyers knew there was a deadline and made their announcement to coincide with it to try and make Apple look petty.

    But hey, you do you.


    Updated: Knew it. The final judgement was only just published today (December was a summary judgment) so the timing has nothing to do with Corellium and everything to do with the final judgement.
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  • Apple TV+ drama 'Invasion' gets trailer, debuts October 22

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    OutdoorAppDeveloper said:
    Another annoyingly uneducated sci-fi invasion series. Let me break it down for you.
    In our galaxy, planets started forming around 13.5 billion years ago. Earth formed around 4.5 billion years ago. Life on Earth formed 3.8 billion years ago just after Earth cooled enough to have a solid surface. There could have been life in the galaxy for 11 billion years before it formed on Earth. That means that any alien intelligence we encounter is likely to be billions of years old. Their technology is as advanced as it is possible to be. They have access to all the resources in the universe. They don't need to invade Earth but if they did, human resistance would be laughable.

    How narrow minded to assume that other life in the universe encompasses only highly advanced civilizations you describe and ignore the possibility of thousands (or millions) ranging from those advanced civilizations all the way down to primitive cultures. Or to assume any life we encounter has to be billions of years old.
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