If I was Chinese, I'd not only turn off smart phone, but get rid of it.This incessant cellphone tracking in China is insidious. I'm almost ready to ditch my smartphone as I only use the phone portion once or twice a year. Yes, IT IS POSSIBLE.
So how many out there really believe we still have end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp? How many believe we will still have it after Zuck gets done integrating everything? I predict lots of backdoors! Never mind what Zuck says--his past actions have layed down the pattern. Maybe time to migrate to Telegram.
I use FILTERS to drop incoming mail into designated folders. All incoming email must be in my address book else it goes to TRASH. Don't need AI spam filter anymore. My email went from 200/day down to about 20.
We should know by now that China severely monitors dissenters there using WeChat. But WhatsAPP supposedly has end-to-end encryption in which case how are they monitoring that app? Of course we know Facebook owns WhatsApp so have they created a special version for China with a backdoor?
Yes, beside me, hoards of people are opting out of Adobe's Create Cloud platform. Users don't seem to like the concept and want to own their software and not be dependent on the Internet to run it.
So as long as these keyboard complaints have been around, one would think that Apple had enough lead to engineer a proper keyboard like they used to have. It sure seems foolish to spend thousands of dollars on a computer which know know is going to fail in short order and be replace with yet another identical keyboard. Apple is waiting to see if these 2018 MacBook purchasers skip AppleCare or wait until it expires to sock to these guys with a hefty repair bill which probably by now will mean not just replacing the keyboard but most of the entire machine as the endless integration for minimum thinness continues unabated and their machines get crappier and crappier. I say, save your money, people!
I typically plug the charger into my iPhone at night for use the next day. This new feature would seem to indicate that the port will be disconnected after one hour. The question that comes to mind is how does one get a full charged iPhone. One would hope that the software is able to determine if an "external device" is plugged in or a charger.
It seems when a backdoor to iOS appears, Apple takes it sweet time in closing it......while opening yet another backdoor which has not yet been publicly discovered. That's what it looks like from 5 miles up.
Yes, it took me 2 years to get off Facebook and and all the other social media crapola. Finally the harassment from Facebook emails and all the others finally stopped--and I found a life.
Let's not get confused--as I was for a bit---.
--Tanzania is a sovereign state in eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Kenya and Uganda.
--Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by the Bass Strait.
I about had a cow thinking this was going on Down Under.
Yah, it sure doesn't sound right. I doubt Microsoft would release code like this unless they've already figured out a backdoor even if it's not obvious in the source code.
IF Apple implements this, and I'm sure every state & federal agency will be pushing back against this, then Cellebrite and Grayshift will have a problem and you just imagine all the tears users won't be shedding if Apple goes ahead with this.
This can go on endlessly. Actually I do get rid of pretty much everything I don't want, or is broken, or creates needless distraction--oh yes, that includes losing the TV several years ago. I'm a professional Luddite, I guess. But I'm getting a lot more stuff done.
Yah, so I'm sure there is a ton of info being stored on social media and as an Apple customer, I'll be curious to see what they have on me as I don't use Siri or Facetime or any other Apple services. Google, yah, I'm on YouTube but that's it as I don't use Google Search. Time for to find out what's out there--As we all should and work towards pairing down our public footprints.
The idea is to make these devices as non-repairable as possible. New machines also get to enjoy the soldered in SSD's so you can't upgrade your MacBook. Check out this vid for an idea of just old badly engineered Apple products really are and how the refuse to fix serious hardware issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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If I was Chinese, I'd not only turn off smart phone, but get rid of it.This incessant cellphone tracking in China is insidious. I'm almost ready to ditch my smartphone as I only use the phone portion once or twice a year. Yes, IT IS POSSIBLE.
So how many out there really believe we still have end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp? How many believe we will still have it after Zuck gets done integrating everything? I predict lots of backdoors! Never mind what Zuck says--his past actions have layed down the pattern. Maybe time to migrate to Telegram.
I use FILTERS to drop incoming mail into designated folders. All incoming email must be in my address book else it goes to TRASH. Don't need AI spam filter anymore. My email went from 200/day down to about 20.
We should know by now that China severely monitors dissenters there using WeChat. But WhatsAPP supposedly has end-to-end encryption in which case how are they monitoring that app? Of course we know Facebook owns WhatsApp so have they created a special version for China with a backdoor?
Yes, beside me, hoards of people are opting out of Adobe's Create Cloud platform. Users don't seem to like the concept and want to own their software and not be dependent on the Internet to run it.
iPhone for 2020 said to have no battery and for 2021 the screen will finally be removed. Onward and upward, Apple!
So as long as these keyboard complaints have been around, one would think that Apple had enough lead to engineer a proper keyboard like they used to have. It sure seems foolish to spend thousands of dollars on a computer which know know is going to fail in short order and be replace with yet another identical keyboard. Apple is waiting to see if these 2018 MacBook purchasers skip AppleCare or wait until it expires to sock to these guys with a hefty repair bill which probably by now will mean not just replacing the keyboard but most of the entire machine as the endless integration for minimum thinness continues unabated and their machines get crappier and crappier. I say, save your money, people!
That's what I was hoping.
I typically plug the charger into my iPhone at night for use the next day. This new feature would seem to indicate that the port will be disconnected after one hour. The question that comes to mind is how does one get a full charged iPhone. One would hope that the software is able to determine if an "external device" is plugged in or a charger.
It seems when a backdoor to iOS appears, Apple takes it sweet time in closing it......while opening yet another backdoor which has not yet been publicly discovered. That's what it looks like from 5 miles up.
Throughout all of Google's platforms you can expect this kind of treatment. JUST SAY NO TO GOOGLE.
Get the off FB and get a life!
Yes, it took me 2 years to get off Facebook and and all the other social media crapola. Finally the harassment from Facebook emails and all the others finally stopped--and I found a life.
Here's the real story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Let's not get confused--as I was for a bit---. --Tanzania is a sovereign state in eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Kenya and Uganda. --Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by the Bass Strait. I about had a cow thinking this was going on Down Under.
I know you're out there! But I'm not one of them.
Yah, it sure doesn't sound right. I doubt Microsoft would release code like this unless they've already figured out a backdoor even if it's not obvious in the source code.
IF Apple implements this, and I'm sure every state & federal agency will be pushing back against this, then Cellebrite and Grayshift will have a problem and you just imagine all the tears users won't be shedding if Apple goes ahead with this.
This can go on endlessly. Actually I do get rid of pretty much everything I don't want, or is broken, or creates needless distraction--oh yes, that includes losing the TV several years ago. I'm a professional Luddite, I guess. But I'm getting a lot more stuff done.
I believe I'm being productive by getting rid of unproductive and useless toys. Your mileage seems to vary.
Nah! Get rid of 'em. Nobody needs these devices in the first place.
Absolutely! This is the perfect plan. Great brains at work here!
Yah, so I'm sure there is a ton of info being stored on social media and as an Apple customer, I'll be curious to see what they have on me as I don't use Siri or Facetime or any other Apple services. Google, yah, I'm on YouTube but that's it as I don't use Google Search. Time for to find out what's out there--As we all should and work towards pairing down our public footprints.
Enough said!
The idea is to make these devices as non-repairable as possible. New machines also get to enjoy the soldered in SSD's so you can't upgrade your MacBook. Check out this vid for an idea of just old badly engineered Apple products really are and how the refuse to fix serious hardware issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...