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  • Apple says Spatial Audio is a hit, drawing more listeners to Apple Music

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    iyfcalvin said:
    Personally, when the spatial audio songs were released, I went out of my way to sample some of the songs to experience the hype myself.  I have AirPod Pro’s on a new iPhone 13 Pro Max. My business background was 30 years in the record industry.
     I liked what I heard but found the feature only subtly unique. I was more impressed back in the 70s when the Quadrophonic Sound feature was debuted, but even then tired of it quickly.  Was the new feature a game breaker for me to listen to music?  Not at all. My preferences for music listening is recording and playback quality first.  Frankly, I actually cancelled my iTunes subscription after that. 
    With my Dolby atmos (5.2.2) setup I could really hear the difference, with my headphones I couldn’t.  I think you need discrete channels to really hear the difference. 
    Alex_Vwatto_cobra

  • Researchers discover 33 vulnerabilities affecting 'millions' of IoT, smart home devices

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    loopless said:
    Anyone with a HomeKit network should not have any concerns. Your devices are sitting behind a router on a local IP subnet so there is no way for hackers to target your devices directly.  And HomeKit is secure. This is more on an issue for industrial settings where a device might be visible to the internet.
    Nothing can be further from the truth.  Although HomeKit is the most secure IoT framework, there is still a security footprint that is open to attack.  Relying on a router for security (especially one that solely relies on NAT) is not the best option — there are many ways to attack through routers and firewalls.

    Vulnerabilities are found every day.  If the device manufacturer doesn’t have a monthly update cycle,  there are probably dozens of security vulnerabilities associated with these devices every year.


    dewmeMplsPexceptionhandler

  • Security researchers spent months hacking Apple -- here's what they found

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    michelb76 said:
    Given the vulnerabilities, this makes me wonder how long nation states have been silently exploiting them. I think Apple and many other tech giants have a much greater responsibility to counter this pro-actively. Not just through a bug bounty, but by actively hiring red teams. Some of these vulnerabilities sound extremely basic and would have been picked up by a scanner. I mean an XSS vulnerability in this day and age??

    every system has at least a few vulnerabilities.  Most of these are usually fixed by applying monthly security patches.  

    watto_cobra

  • The top malware threat for macOS infects one in 10 users

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    randominternetperson said:
    Ok, so where are the instructions for checking to see if you have this and how to remove it?
    The best thing you can do for most threats is to keep your OS (MacOS, Windows, iOS, Linux) parched and up to date.  This will help protect you against most non zero day threats.
    watto_cobra

  • Editorial: Apple isn't revamping its HomeKit team, but maybe it should

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    I used to have a bunch of issues with HomeKit — found out it was device related rather than HomeKit related.  I had about 20 Leviton Decora switches that would constantly need to be rebooted for them to respond (every other day one switch would fail).

    I soon gave up and replaced them with Lutron switches and haven’t had one issue in almost a year.  I have about 40 devices (switches, outlets, locks, hue bulbs) and don’t run into any issues anymore.  I’ve had 100% uptime for 8-9 months now.  The Leviton switches would cause mDNS issues in the network causing other branded devices to stop responding.
    StrangeDayslolliver