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  • WhatsApp gains Pegasus source code access in court victory

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    And just exactly what is this court going to do to an Israeli company when said company tells the court to eff off?
    watto_cobractr_proglom

  • Apple stresses security risks of complying with EU's Digital Markets Act

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    gatorguy said:

    Apple has published a whitepaper detailing how it says it is working to protect EU users and emphasizing the risks of opening up the iPhone to rival App Stores.

    "By requiring that all apps on iPhone be distributed through a single trusted source, the App Store, we were able to accomplish our goal of protecting users more effectively than any other platform," says Apple in its new whitepaper. "While our efforts to protect users and developers alike are never complete, iOS has never allowed a widespread consumer malware attack on users-which is exceptional for a 17-year-old, modern computing platform."
    Technically not true. Apple's AppStore is better at keeping malware at bay than large stores on other platforms, but XcodeGhost Malware Infected 100+ Million iOS Users. "Only a single-instance" rather than "Never" is more accurate.

    In addition, the fact that an infection isn't "widespread" doesn't make it insignificant.  A single instance of an app that steals $100,000 from each of 1,000 people is just as significant in my mind as an app that steals $1 from each of 100,000,000 people.
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Watch 51 classic movies for free on Apple TV+

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    As a certified old person, I object to calling these movies "classic".  Not because they aren't good, most of them are, but because they are much younger than me...
    cincyteewilliamlondonlesterkrimbaughmattinozlowededwookieviclauyyccarstenl.byronl

  • Apple cites bevy of scared users to back up its case against the EU DMA

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the EU regulations require Apple to permit side loading and other app stores, and not to require the users to use other app stores, right?  If that's the case, most of these letters seem to be based on misinformation, and thus not really supportive of Apple's desire to avoid allowing other app stores.
    muthuk_vanalingamxyzzy-xxxwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • William Gibson's 'Neuromancer' is coming to Apple TV+

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    I am not convinced that a work as old as this one, a product and reflection of its times, can be made today without changing it such that will be virtually unrecognizable as the original work, except for the name.  I point to Foundation, which I've found to be good on its own merits, but not really all that representative of the original novels, except in the broadest sense.

    Note that this doesn't mean I think it will be bad, just not very faithful to the original.
    StrangeDays