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  • Apple-Google Exposure Notification has a privacy flaw on Android

    derekmorr said:
    Apple's apps are required to have no special privileges, when compared with Apple's competitors, so why do Google's Android vendors get away with it? Sounds like an antitrust violation to me. 
    It’s no such thing. The issue is the use of the READ_LOGS app permission on Android. That permission let’s apps read system log files. It was intended for use for debugging apps. Back in 2012, Google changed the OS so that third party apps could no longer obtain this permission. This change was intended to protect user privacy by disallowing third party apps from reading potentially sensitive data.
    beggars belief that such a function was ever available outside the test environment
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  • Apple's 'M2' processor enters mass production for MacBook Pro

    cpsro said:
    Looking forward to the lower prices from Apple not having to pay the Intel tax on chips and cooling systems.
    Oh wait
    Look up the prices for Intel laptops with the same GeekBench score.
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  • German advertisers file antitrust complaint over Apple's App Tracking Transparency

    Something to notice: the only ones complaining are people selling advertising, people who buy advertising and are actually selling products aren’t complaining - advertisers cannot speak on behalf of online stores. That’s because targeted advertising is just one of a myriad of methods available to online stores. Targeted ads aren’t even all that well targeted to begin with - instead it’s often the wrong product just following you around the internet. 
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  • Compared: Apple AirTag vs Tile Pro and Chipolo One Spot

    A head to head test of the devices would be interesting.

    I say this because the reddit thread about the AirTags launch included a lot of comments from aggrieved Tile owners telling their experience with Tile, some interesting and often repeated points included:

    The app:
    • Wouldn't find lost items on the "Tile network", even when a phone was open, running Tile in the foreground and physically near the lost item
    • Upon launch the app pings through all Tile products, freezing out the user until complete, many of which timeout entirely. Leaving the user waiting minutes just to select the Tile they want to search for.
    The hardware:
    • Often drops the connection, effectively making the item unfindable 
    • Clunky hardware despite being at this for years
    • Most options don't include replaceable batteries, after a year they turn into waste
    • Still only using BT, despite many other complementary technologies being available
    Now Apple comes in with a product that is comparably priced, includes a user replaceable battery, includes useful technologies like NFC and UWB to provide better finding and recovery features, then also providing a significantly more stable BT implementation, with a network that ensures user privacy and protection against stalking.

    And the likes of Tile think this is anticompetitive.
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  • Apple must face lawsuit alleging that 'buying' media on iTunes is misleading

    DoomFreak said:
    Apple is full of crap.  It is very misleading to tell users they can purchase something with a "Buy" button and then suggest that they do not own it.  I think they would get a lot less money , if they had a "Use for an unknown amount of time" button.

    They know people think they are buying it.  Purely deceptive.
    If the content is downloaded to your machine - then it’s yours to view indefinitely. So “buy” sounds like a reasonable summary of the transaction. 

    If you’re relying on “buy” to mean that Apple will provide first the download and then indefinitely provide you a hosted download service to obtain the file again at a later date in the future, then that’s something else entirely, and a bit like asking Sony to send you a fresh DVD just because you happened to lose the one you have. 

    Furthermore, and unlike DVDs, you can actually back-up your media downloads from Apple. In which case “buy” from Apple is actually giving you more than even a traditional store purchase. 
    mbdrake76