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  • Grocer Kroger launches QR code-based payment service, snubs Apple Pay

    That's a bummer. So if it's an app, can it have a thing linked to it in Wallet? If not, I probably won't bother, though the card readers at the self checkouts at my local QFC are infuriatingly unreliable. Been hoping to be able to use Wallet on the Watch to check out at some point. Oh well.
    If it's anything like Walmart pay, then no. I have my Kroger rewards card in my Wallet app, and that's good enough for me. I've no interest in using any more standalone payment services. This is getting ridiculous with every company wanting their own piece of the pie, and forcing more confusion on customers. In addition, it is well-known that services like Walmart Pay scan your purchases (to find "savings" or build "recommendations"), but we all know they are logging information about who buys what, just to sell that information off to some advertiser. Apple Pay does not leak any details about purchases, so I think I will stick with that. I feel Kroger made a huge misstep here when they could have easily set up access for Apple Pay instead of devoting resources to make their own app (or to have it built in to their existing app), and it will probably be used by a very, very small number of people (I've never seen anyone use Walmart Pay and Walmart is always infinitely more crowded than Kroger is where I live).
    benji888fastasleepracerhomie3GeorgeBMacmobirdpatchythepiratejbdragonwatto_cobra
  • Apple being sued because two-factor authentication on an iPhone or Mac takes too much time...

    knowitall said:
    He is right, its very cumbersome, bordering on harassment.
    I often have to run stairs up and down to be able to do what I could do with a simple mouse click.
    Its also very inconvenient when using another account.
    I remember a very good Apple commercial which was completely right about PC’s, but now sadly also a Mac reality: 
    https://youtu.be/8CwoluNRSSc
    What are you people doing that requires 2FA codes all the time? 
    StrangeDays
  • There is no difference between how Apple is handling Roger Stone's or the San Bernardino s...

    Ditto what Rob53 said.
    I would like a refresher course on iCloud backups.  I believe mine is encrypted.  Remember leakgate of celebrities a few years ago. I wonder why someone in the public eye (Stone) would not completely encrypt their Apple devices; especially the iCloud backup.  
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303



    Basically, everything is stored encrypted, but Apple has the keys to unlock it at will. This includes your iCloud backup files. However, data that is end-to-end encrypted (such as iMessage contents, Health, Home data, et. al) is unable to be read by Apple. This is because the E2E systems mix your devices passcode into the encryption, and as we know Apple has no way to read or get a device’s passcode. 



    Edit - also note, Messages in iCloud is listed under the End-to-End encryption entries. Meaning Apple cannot read their contents. Since messages in iCloud removed the backing up of Messages as part of the iCloud backup, even if your iCloud backup were turned over to authorities, it would only include a copy of the key protecting the messages, but not the Messages themselves (since they are stored separate from the backup when using Messages in iCloud). So, I would deduce that perhaps it is possible for authorities to retrieve iMessage contents, since the document states “your backup includes a copy of the key protecting your Messages”. I wish Apple would provide more clarification on this. 
    GeorgeBMacwatto_cobra