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  • Apple Fellow Phil Schiller quits Twitter

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    Phil Schiller is an Apple Fellow, which basically means he's still an employee but one without much responsibility. He's quasi-retired but is still allowed to walk the halls at Apple. I certainly wouldn't call him an "Apple Exec."
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  • iOS 16.2 beta gets 'Rapid Security Response' update

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    AppleZulu said:
    22july2013 said:
    I would like to see a new iOS feature that sends out a "silent SOS" if I use a certain alternate PIN or certain alternate fingerprint to unlock my device. It should still unlock the device, but send an emergency text or email to selected people that could indicate I am under duress.

    I would also like to see a "silent zeroize" alternate fingerprint and PIN that would erase all my data if I use that PIN or fingerprint. And this feature is the reason I prefer TouchID to FaceID - you can't carry a second face with you, but you have about 9 extra fingerprints.
    The alternate PIN seems like a good idea, with the exception that having two numbers that will unlock the device effectively halves the security of your device. 
    Having a second PIN that unlocks your device doesn't "halve the security of the device." For a four digit PIN, which is 10,000 possible PINs, it reduces your security from 99.99% secure to 99.98% secure. That's not cutting security in half, even though it doubles the chance of a lucky guess. Your device is still 99.98% secure with two valid PINs. I'm not going to continue to argue this, as most people should see my point.

    If you buy two lottery tickets, it may double your chance of winning, but it doesn't reduce your chance of being poor by 50%.
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  • Apple's ad agency recommends a stop to Twitter campaigns

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    PeaceLoveAndKindness said:
    OMG if Elon does the “name and shame” thing, the results will absolutely have the opposite effect. This move will PROMOTE the companies he is trying to shame. For being “smart”, he doesn’t seem to get it. Go Elon, this will be fun to watch! Oh, and why don’t you have more children so that you can’t possibly be a a father for! 
    Your username contradicts several of the ideas in your post. Thanks.
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  • Apple's Emergency SOS is coming in November, after $450M investment

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    tyler82 said:
    After the free 2 years, what will the subscription cost? Or will you have to buy a new iPhone to keep this feature?
    It's entirely possible that within too years some governments (at this point we are talking about only Canada and the US) will offer to pay Apple the full price of the service for their country, because these countries will view the service as a "national safety service." If so, Apple will never have to charge users.

    Many countries will never allow this service in their territory because it bypasses their "authoritarian information walls." Apple will likely place geofences inside iOS in order to help restrict the geoboundaries of this service, to appease those governments. Here are the next geographical areas that could qualify for Emergency SOS based on political freedom and geographical isolation:
    1. Australia and/or New Zealand
    2. The western half of Europe
    3. The southern 10% of Africa
    4. The southern and eastern half of South America
    5. Central American and northwest South America
    Most of Africa, Asia and the Middle East have so few personal freedoms that their countries will likely never agree on a satellite-based communications device that they can't monitor.
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  • Jack Dorsey apologizes for Twitter's fast growth, following Musk layoffs

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    JFC_PA said:
    With most other CEO’s I’d figure their lawyers had okayed the cut process; with Musk? Totally possible he’s violating California employment law on a whim. 
    I googled California's employment laws to see what you might be referring to. All I could find that seemed relevant was this:

    Final Pay
    An employer must pay final wages immediately to an employee who is terminated and upon resignation to an employee who provides at least 72 hours' notice of the intent to resign. If an employee provides fewer than 72 hours' notice of the intent to resign, then an employer may generally mail final wages within 72 hours.
    California law does not permit "use it or lose it" vacation policies. Vacation accruals may be capped, but may not be forfeited. Therefore, unused, accrued vacation must be paid out at the end of employment.
    Wages owed to a deceased employee must be paid to the surviving spouse or conservator of the estate. Probate of the will need not have occurred before payment is made. The employer must pay up to $15,000 net for wages due for personal services and unused vacation time. The party requesting payment must present to the employer reasonable proof of identity and an affidavit or a declaration under penalty of perjury making certain statements of fact.
    References
    California law affords a qualified privilege to an employer who communicates about a former employee's job performance or qualifications to a prospective employer. The communication must be made in good faith.
    Mass Layoff Notifications
    The California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (Cal-WARN Act) provides employees and their families time to prepare for a prospective job loss by requiring an employer to provide advance notice of a plant closing or mass layoff. While the state law is modeled after the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act), there are areas in which they differ, such as the definition of covered employer.
    Be aware that where there is overlap between federal, state and/or local law, complying with the law that offers the greatest rights or benefits to the employee will generally apply.

    Of course, Twitter has employees in other US states, and your point probably applies only to the employees in California.

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