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slow n easy said:

timusca said:

neilm said:

Interesting. The obvious question is this: how inefficient is it?

No doubt the answer is "extremely". Wireless charging gets more inefficient the further the device is from the coils, which makes this inefficient by design.

I think that is jumping to conclusions. You can’t charge your iPhone directly on the device itself or it sounds like you would wreck your iPhone. You have to have a piece of wood or plastic in between the device and the iPhone by design. So I wouldn’t jump to the conclusion that it’s inefficient. 

I’m not sure I would like this design, though, because it has to line up perfectly in order to charge. That is why I felt so frustrated with my Belkin charger and why I feel like MagSafe is a game changer for me. I will never again buy a non MagSafe charger.

While I fundamentally agree, the beauty of this is: wood can be milled, so the alignment problem can be fixed in an old-fashioned mechanical way…

ikir said:

CheeseFreeze said:

Apple's vision of putting user privacy-first is just marketing.
They just 'turn off' their mantra in Belarus, China, Colombia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Uganda and the Philippines (and counting)....

 Nope Apple is doing a lot. Sadly there is nothing you can do here, just stop selling your products. And what you achieved?
And this has nothing in common with CSAM discussione where multi DB are used so no one is in control of them, indeed CSAM would be available (not anymore) on USA only where there are entities who protect children. Apple always did what is possible to do, even when their choices are easily manipulated by detractors. But in this case Apple can’t do nothing. And it is pretty sad.
you should angry with our politicians who have more power to change Russia government.

It has EVERYTHING to do with CSAM scanning: because which databases are used isn’t a technical but a policy decision, and when Russia demands that they decide which hash databases to use, Apple will comply.
The only way out, is not to offer the feature.

Also, owners of a device should have authenticated root access to their device, such as to be able to scan their device for unauthorized spyware, or to manually install VPN software without Apple’s or some government’s consent,

“Security through obscurity” never works, what does work is “trust but verify”. Apple bets on the former and prevents the latter, and that’s JUST WRONG.

And that right there proves that CSAM scanning would turn into an unmitigated disaster, as demands for control over the content of the hash database and notifications of matches be in the hands of government agencies would come as soon as the “feature” would be deployed.

It also shows why side loading and authenticated root access by owners of a device must be possible: to load apps that Apple can’t or doesn’t want to offer on its brand, sales, and local laws driven AppStore:

users must be able to have the ultimate decision over what software runs on their devices and have the ability to inspect the running system for spyware etc.

The “just trust us to do the right thing” and “do no evil” approach has run its course. It’s time for “trust but verify”…

sirdir said:

saldog said:

I believe what makes this wallet different is that the iPhone "knows" that it is the wallet accessory that is mated to MagSafe. Before, it might know that an accessory is connected, but not which accessory is connected. There must be some type of identification happening so iPhone knows the wallet is connected. This is not the same as AirTags so shouldn't be thought of the same way. The phone only knows the last time/place it was connected to the wallet, not where it is currently located.

But the iPhone also knows that it's connected to a wallet with the old one. 

No, it just knows it’s connected to SOMETHING, might as well a MagSafe desktop stand.
So likely it some magnetic coding that makes the connect/disconnect different if it’s a wallet or not.

What I wonder if the new feature requires an iPhone 13, or if the new wallets are also recognized by the iPhone 12…

baconstang said:

DoomFreak said:

Apple is hypocritical.  How they pretend to act in the public eye is very different from how they actually act.  They appear to be concerned with customer privacy, yet, offer up user's private data to third party companies.  They appear to be egalitarian while having no fairness or equality in the workplace.

Big difference between 'customer' and 'employee'....ya know?

Also big difference between work life and private life.
There’s no reason for privacy for work: you get paid for work, and the company has the right to know what you do on their premises, on their equipment, on their dime. The only exception is the bathroom break, unless you take your phone with you or take drugs there.

The moment you clock out and leave the premises, your privacy returns. So just don’t abuse paid work time to do things that require privacy, problem solved.