crowley

I don't add "in my opinion" to everything I say because everything I say is my opinion.  I'm not wasting keystrokes on clarifying to pedants what they should already be able to discern.

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  • Texas boy's 31 cheeseburger order demonstrates why you should secure your iPhone

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    NYC362 said:
    Okay, I'm an Apple Specialist and you'd be surprised how many people have no passcode on their phones. Then you have the people who use "codes" like 0000 or 1234 to open their phone.  Even more people keep every password under the sun in an unlocked Note file.  

    The majority of people do keep their phone and passwords secure (as evidenced but the roughly half of customers who cannot remember their Apple ID password!), but there's a large number who do not.  This person is lucky that all that got ordered were a couple dozen hamburgers.  It really could've been a lot worse. 

    People- use a six digit passcode with non-repeating numbers; don't keep your passwords on your phone; and don't use the same password for everything.


    Well, I guess I’m stupid, because I’m not going to follow your advice. I need my passwords on my phone just in case of an emergency. I used to keep them on a sheet of paper but that idea started to not work out very well for me. I also don’t lock the note. If you lock the note, will it unlock with FaceID? I do lock my phone, so maybe I’m not completely stupid.
    Why not put them in the obvious place, Settings > Passwords?   They're secured with FaceID and if you switch iCloud keychain on they'll be backed up in iCloud and available on your Mac too.
    gregoriusmAlex1NronnNYC362qwerty52bluefire1

  • EU law will force Apple to blow open its entire hardware and software stack

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    williamh said:
    crowley said:
    rob53 said:
    EU is a dictatorship, plain and simple. At this point Apple needs to seriously tell the EU to GTH. The US needs to triple import duties on EU goods effectively shutting the EU down. The US should also reduce exports to the EU and cut off any financial support. 
    Weird how the EU dictatorship has so many elections.  
    Calling the EU a dictatorship seems way overblown, but still, when did the European public get to vote for the EU Council president?  European Commission president?  How about the European parliament president?  That's right, there aren't public elections for those positions.  

     https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/leadership/presidents_en
    So?  The Commission President and the Parliament President are elected by the Parliament, who are elected by the public.  The Council President is elected by the heads of state of all the members, who have also been elected by the public.

    That's representative democracy, even if it's not direct democracy.

    darkvaderAlex1Nmuthuk_vanalingam

  • EU law will force Apple to blow open its entire hardware and software stack

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    rob53 said:
    EU is a dictatorship, plain and simple. At this point Apple needs to seriously tell the EU to GTH. The US needs to triple import duties on EU goods effectively shutting the EU down. The US should also reduce exports to the EU and cut off any financial support. 
    Weird how the EU dictatorship has so many elections.  
    xyzzy-xxxnadriellam92103darkvaderIreneWAlex1Nmuthuk_vanalingamhucom2000montrosemacsjony0

  • Everything new in iOS 15.5 for iPhone

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    dutchlord said:
    I will not accept scanning of content by Apple through the Communication Safety feature. No update to iOS 15.5. on my devices. This must stop.
    Are you a child?  If not, it won't affect you.

    If you are a child, are your parents using Screen Time and parental controls?  If not, it won't affect you.

    If they are, is communication safety turned on?  If not, it won't affect you.


    What exactly is it that must stop?
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  • Ohio House introduces bill to criminalize AirTag stalking

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    to prohibit anyone from "knowingly installing a tracking device or application on another person's property without the other person's consent."
    Seems like they'd want to carve out an exception for law enforcement with appropriate justifications/warrants.

    Installing is a weird word too.  I wouldn't describe slipping an AirTag into a pocket as installing anything.  Probably just legal jabber though.
    lkrupp