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  • New OWC miniStack adds storage options, Thunderbolt hub to Mac mini

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    Looks like I will be picking up one of these when they become available, mostly so I can add some TBolt connected storage as a backup for a flakey Drobo on my 2019 Intel MacMini. I'd also like to get the TBolt connector to the Drobo off of the MacMini as the MacMini runs hot and the Tbolt connectors are all above it's exhaust.
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  • Bose QuietComfort 45 Noise-Cancelling Headphones debut at $329

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    OutdoorAppDeveloper said:
    Let's hope they fix their Bluetooth connectivity which is a complete mess in the QC 35 and 700 headphones. Constant disconnections. Hard to connect even to a Samsung TV. Terrible battery life. However when plugged into a PS5 controller, they are still pretty great.

    Yeah, agree. the poor connectivity is the biggest problem with QC35s. I've got both QC35 and AirPods Pros. The QC's antenna appears to be in the right earphone and cut out if I'm a few feet from the Bluetooth source and turn my head so the signal has to go through my head. Unless I have clear line of sight and am within feet the QC35s crap out. The AirPods Pro for all their small size work much better and can go through multiple walls.

    When wearing the AirPods, I can walk around wearing them. With the QC35s unless you're listening to your paired phone that you carry around with you, no walking around.
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  • Edward Snowden calls Apple CSAM plans 'disaster-in-the-making'

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    darkvader said:
    fastasleep said:
    cpsro said:
    iOS 15 Mail has a feature to obscure your IP address when loading remote images… and Apple offers to load them automatically with the obscured IP. How many people will have no idea what this is really about and choose to load images automatically? While the IP is obscured, the mere act of loading images confirms your email address is valid, that the messages are read, and indicates when they are read. So much for privacy.
    How is this related to this article in any way? "So much for privacy", like it's Apple's fault. They remove tracking pixels and will be doing a few other things to obfuscate data for senders, but yes you are correct that loading remote content attached to your user ID reveals you opened it. This is an improvement over what's currently offered, and there's no magic solution here. What is your solution?

    Don't open remote images in mail.  The solution couldn't be more obvious or simple, and it should be the default.

    And yes, that's completely different from Apple's spyware that scans your data on your phone.

    yeah, Apple should break how embedded images in Email has worked for everyone because darkvader would enjoy the massive ensuing apple hate-fest.

    Those of us who care know how to turn remote content off & why more people should do so.
    StrangeDaysfastasleep

  • Edward Snowden calls Apple CSAM plans 'disaster-in-the-making'

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    rattlhed said:
    Just because other big tech is already doing this doesn't make "Apple is just late to the party" argument right.
    Only hypocrites complain about Apple implementing a CSAM search methodology limited to syncing multiple pictures through their servers but have absolutely nothing to say and have said nothing up to now about how everyone else is performing more invasive searches.
    StrangeDaysfastasleep

  • Edward Snowden calls Apple CSAM plans 'disaster-in-the-making'

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    KJH86 said:
    pmh said:
    bluefire1 said:
    Champion of privacy no more.
    I don't take advice from from the chicken little residing in Hotel Putin.
    He’s literally there because he exposed the US government committed criminal constitutional violations against the American public. In fact, he’s there because our government has been proven capable of doing the exact type of illegal surveillance that people concerned about this new Apple program are talking about. You go ahead and keep cheering on totalitarianism wrapped in “save the children” and “stop terrorism” though.

    He's literally there because he doesn't want to face the consequences of his acts and is willing to to serve as a stooge for Putin. You go ahead and bow down before him and Putin though, having others pay for the consequences of their actions is their signature move. Navalny gets all my respect for the courage of his moral stance, run away and hide chicken little gets none.
    JWSCfastasleep