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Apple, Google, Microsoft announce commitment to 'passwordless' future
I’m fine with password management for now and really have no issues with it. What I’d prefer is not having to provide an email address everywhere and then get unwanted junk e-mail. I use hide my email but that’s still something I have to manage.Still, maybe this is a step in that direction. I’m curious to see where it goes.
You need to turn on Advanced Fraud Protection to get rotating CCVs. You’ll find that by tapping on the little credit card icon in the upper right corner when in the Apple Card details view.mike1 said:
Interesting. My CCV has never changed since I got my Apple Card. I know there is an option to force a new card #, but nothing automatic.rob53 said:
Standard two-factor authentication, which has been in use for decades. Apple Card already has the second factor built in with their rotating CCV. I used the standard RSA rotating token for years. I still call these password systems. Most websites are using the text msg/email second “password” so it’s not that big of a deal. What worries me is how convoluted this group will make it so it fits into each of their existing products, like AD (ugh!).henryblackman said:
The reason it’s more secure is because there are multiple factors - the device (something you have), and the PIN (something you know) or biometric - face, or finger (something you are). No one is suggesting we replace passwords with PINs, they’re saying a device AND a PIN - or some other factor.AppleInsider said:
It's not immediately clear how falling back to a device PIN would be more secure than a properly configured password, however.
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Google follows Apple by introducing Android app privacy 'nutrition labels'
I remember waiting months for Google to update Google Maps on iOS once the nutrition labels came out. It’s still fun to compare Apple Maps’ nutrition label to Google Maps’. Apple Maps has 7 data points of info collected that are NOT linked to you. By contrast Google Maps has 11 points that are linked to you, including contacts and financial info. I’d love to know why Google needs those for their maps app to function, but Apple doesn’t.
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Apple facing new $5.5 billion App Store antitrust lawsuit in the Netherlands
That isn’t the case in my experience. My MIL has been using Macs since buying a Bondi Blue iMac. She started using an iPhone in 2013 and an iPad in 2017.avon b7 said:
You could argue that if seniors are savvy enough to be using online payments, they are savvy enough to understand the pitfalls.davidmalcolm said:What these politicians fail to realize is that as soon as you take payment processing out of Apple’s hands, you take refunds out of Apple’s hands. Suddenly these companies are allowed to lie cheat and steal from people as soon as they get their credit card details, and it’ll be up to the credit card companies to refund for scams, which they often won’t do.Get ready for a figurative tsunami of seniors getting scammed by third party apps.
After all, they are surfing the internet and using emails. The top two sources of those kinds of payment scams.After getting iOS devices she has been using the Mac less but still uses it, primarily to run the family business. That family business is a long time side job, she recently retired from over 30 years working for a major insurance company, sometimes in the office and sometimes remote. My point being that she is an older woman (older than you would expect) who has lots of experience using Macs and PCs but much less using iOS devices.She is constantly needing help to fix issues on her computer that were entirely brought on by being tricked into downloading something or providing information she shouldn’t have to software she shouldn’t have been interacting with. So far she hasn’t been scammed out of any money but she has checked with me on a couple occasions where she could have been. She frequently says “my computer told me I needed to do this” (something my mother also says) and doesn’t realize what she is seeing is not being presented by macOS but is basically an advertisement that is being presented on the internet. She is easily fooled.Meanwhile, no such issues on her iPhone or iPad, which she uses for much more time. She is essentially self-sufficient with iOS. She downloads apps, orders groceries, plays games, watches Netflix, etc, all with no problems.So, she’s savvy enough to download apps and make payments on iOS without issue. The same cannot be said about her with macOS. If iOS is made to be more like macOS I can absolutely see the problems she has on her Mac migrating to her iPhone.I’m positive she isn’t the only “older” person in that position.
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Apple hides job titles of ex-employees, reclassifies them all as 'associates'
My wife works in HR and is frequently assisting with hiring (and separations). She also handles employment verification. She has repeatedly told me the only thing she can verify is if someone actually worked at her company, that’s it. Job titles shouldn’t matter in that case.ETA: Asked my wife for clarification, here’s what she said, “Yeah we don't actually do it it's all outsourced so they can only give the high-level information they were employed at this company from this date to that one. They can also get general titles, I believe. But it’s not uncommon for titles not to match. They also verify education, etc. generally just trying to make sure it all checks out at a high level.”
I was a little off but my point is it’s unlikely this person didn’t get hired simply because Apple (supposedly) changed job titles on departure.
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Most US Cabinet Departments have bought Cellebrite iPhone hacking tool
When I worked at Apple Retail we used to use a Cellebrite to transfer contacts and other data from non-iPhones to iPhones as part of the setup process. The process was a little clunky and it didn’t always work but all retail stores had the device. The units I used did not look like the one pictured in this article. I also have no knowledge of if they are currently in use at Apple Stores, but they definitely were in the past.macbear01 said:
I’m curious what evidence you have of this because I find it very difficult to believe that Apple would need a third-party vendor’s tool to copy their own product.Mac4mac said:You do know Apple themselves use the devices, not to hack, but to “device to device” copy.Obviously the software may not be exactly the same. There’s an irony in there somewhere!
