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  • More powerful AirPods Pro 2 predicted to arrive in the end of 2022

    elijahgelijahg
    How much does Ming-Chi Kuo get paid to say “at some point there’ll be <product> <version>”? Because in essence that’s what he’s saying. All he does is move the already wide date range when products don’t turn up in the time he predicted. Then sometimes uses unsubstantiated "supply chain sources" to claim there have been design/manufacturing issues to justify changing his guess. I know this is a rumour site, that's what we're here for, but any Tom Dick or Harry can guess that there will be a new <product>/<version> at some point and would probably get it right.
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  • Side-loading is a gold rush for cybercriminals, says Craig Federighi

    elijahgelijahg
    elijahg said:
    So what about the fact that you can currently side-load some apps (with an enterprise certificate) and there is no "gold rush" from cybercriminals? Apple is drunk on control. 
    Pure rubbish, of course. Like others said, the stupid-simple security is what makes iOS such a great option for so many. I no longer have to do tech support for family and other seniors. It’s great. Feature, not a bug. 

    You’re free to get an enterprise cert but the target market for abuse is small and the participants are advanced users.
    So which part is rubbish? You in fact can't side-load apps or that somehow we have all missed the gold rush from cybercriminals? The target would still be small, as with Android, very few would actually bypass the official store.
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  • Side-loading is a gold rush for cybercriminals, says Craig Federighi

    elijahgelijahg
    rob53 said:
    AI just had an article about NSO and Pegasus being branded as threats then they come out with an article saying side-loading is a gold rush for cyber criminals. Once side loading is allowed by iOS, no matter how many settings the consumer has to change, these two organizations, along with many others (like Facebook) will find a way to use it to inject malware, ads and everything else WE DON'T WANT, not matter what developers say. All of you who say Apple is not doing a good job stopping malware are being picky. There will always be something that gets through but the vast majority won't. Allow side-loading (politicians just don't understand this) and there will be a valid way to inject anything, including apps and malware. Some of these apps will be included by various levels of governments, corporations, educational facilities--you get the idea. They will find a way to force users to allow side-loading in order to visit their website or because your employers say you have to. 

    Don't allow side-loading and it gets a ton harder to do the same thing.
    Again you are conveniently ignoring the fact that you can already side-load and this has never happened. If something sideloaded can escape the sandbox, something from the App Store can too. There have been proof-of-concept exploits hidden in iOS apps that were in the App Store, that were able to both bypass Apple's human checks and the sandbox. You can sideload on Android, where is the gold rush there? Is Android's sandbox better?
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  • Side-loading is a gold rush for cybercriminals, says Craig Federighi

    elijahgelijahg
    So what about the fact that you can currently side-load some apps (with an enterprise certificate) and there is no "gold rush" from cybercriminals? Apple is drunk on control. 
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  • Facebook's Nick Clegg says Apple privacy moves are 'commercial land grab'

    elijahgelijahg
    godofbiscuits said:
    A conservative politician who cares more about corporate profit than actual people.  Shocker.
    He's actually a Liberal Democrat. Or was. David Cameron's whipping boy.
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