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My partner uses CarPlay and I use Android Auto. Test driving a Tesla, I can see why Tesla wouldn’t want to adopt these right away. They could end up sacrificing car metrics if these interfaces don’t allow them to surface them. And they would probably prefer their Maps to Google Maps or Apple Maps because their maps can surface Tesla charging stations. Something that is CRUCIAL for EV’s right now.

I can see pushing legacy car manufacturers to integrate these interfaces because they are car manufacturers FIRST. Infotainment centers is CLEARLY not their core competency. It’s the same reason why we wouldn’t want phone manufacturers creating their own phone OS’s. That said Tesla seems like a tech first company and given the software chops needed to even come close, although not succeed, I can imagine building a good infotainment center is much easier and well within their wheel house.

Right now at least, I don’t see much that CarPlay or Android Auto provides over Tesla’s native interface outside of better notification handling. Which is something I think can be fixed.

leighr said:

So a guy makes his own Bluetooth tracker without any of the security measures that Apple uses, and says that it’s Apples fault?

"we hope that sharing this experiment will yield positive changes to the security and privacy of the Find My ecosystem." No... he's implying Apple needs to upgrade their Find My Network.

bestkeptsecret said:

So essentially, create a tracker that does not have any of the AirTags safety/ accountability features like a unique ID, association with an Apple ID and a speaker, and then use the available Find My network and claim that the AirTags safety features are not enough? 

Does the researcher know that the Find My network is available for any tracker?

"Braunlein believes the main risk isn't in the AirTags themselves, "but in the introduction of the Find My ecosystem"

Did you even read the article. That's the problem. The Find My Network is too open.

Bosa said:

Why is Apple Insider giving morons like this time of day?

check his bank account, likely connected to Samsung

This is actually a good thing. Because the vulnerabilities in the Find My Network have been disclosed, Apple will want to patch them.

The result of this article is you may get an EVEN MORE SECURE Find My Network.

This kind of research happens all the time in the tech industry with some companies paying bounties when issues are found.

It's funny y'all are effectively reading a tech site and unaware of common practices in the tech industry.

Not everything has to be read from an "Apple bad" angle.

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bfranks said:

I think in the scheme  things it will all  work out. A global pandemic kind of puts these things in to perspective 

Did people not see this issue coming?  I mean at some point a 2 digit agent identify isn’t going to work any more.  I know Safari allows you to change agent identification, surely Firefox could emulate an older versions automatically if needed. 

I don't see this as a browser issue. I see this as a lack of forward thinking on the part of web servers that only accept 2 digit ids. Let the web server developers get their acts together.

When Microsoft releases a new OS upgrade, you can be sure they test hundreds of apps on hundreds of different PCs (tens of thousands of combinations) before they release the OS upgrade. Even though Microsoft doesn't have the legal responsibility to ensure compatibility, I really appreciate that they try. Browser developers should do the same thing, because browsers are akin to an OS for so many people and purposes.

This about WEB servers not an OS problem. Web servers run an app on a PC that is internet facing. It 's the app that needs updating. 

You didn't get my comparison. Because I agree with you that what you say is legally true, but for moral reasons Microsoft does its best to ensure compatibility, and for the same moral reasons browser developers should try to ensure compatibility. In fact, some browsers have had commands in their menus that let you, the user, report compatibility issues to them. Are you saying browsers should stop doing that and stop worrying about compatibility?

Moral reasons?  

Not everything is about legality. Platform developers like OS devs and Browser devs might simply want users to have a good experience.

Besides if a website breaks on one browser and not another, even if it's that site's fault, who do you think the user will blame?