There is no assurance that they will ever get to a point where they will save a significant number of lives. Until we have hard evidence of that, I would prefer they stop creating their own deaths. In the case of Autopilot, people are lulled into a false sense of safety until they make a mistake that kills or injures themselves or others.
Lol... I am a regular linux user and it has something called a 'package manager'. If that fails, you can download a binary. You don't have to build anything. I haven't built anything for years and the last time I did it, it was just because it was absolutely bleeding edge.
To me it doesn't matter whether the walled garden keeps malware out or not. I'd like to be allowed to determine for myself whether an app is trustworthy or not and not be coddled.
Right.. Because Steve Jobs wouldn't have done it that way. Apple must save hundreds of thousands in development costs by expecting everyone to use their systems the same way. Using MacOS is an exercise in using someone else's workflow that Apple feels is right.
So someone who doesn't know how their computer works and said 'no' to encrypting their system drive doesn't have a right to benefit from security if someone gives them an encrypted drive to use? Honestly, I know about computers and I wouldn't have thought of this. I know I don't have anything on my system drive that I need encrypted, but I do know how to make an encrypted flash drive and do use them occasionally. I never would have thought of this.
Or, *oh no* the user has to wait for thumbnails to be regenerated. I think it actually shows a regular icon and takes some time for the thumbs to show.
What is wrong with Apple users that they can't wait another 0.0002 seconds for icons to load off the local drive? I think that is the real matter at heart here.
Doesn't matter, it shouldn't be on option to be left open. It might be ok if it explained that "Apple reserves the right to copy any data from another device to your system drive so do not assume all data is encrypted unless your system drive is encrypted". But I doubt it says that, because that alone would be confusing to people, so they should just not automatically copy data off an encrypted drive, period.
That's an awfully obscure point to know for an OS that is supposed to both be secure and 'just work'. Put those two together, and security should just work, not require you to understand this distinction. Your comment amounts to, "you're encrypting it wrong".
People hate smart suggestions because AI isn't really there yet. AI can determine what some Silicon Valley developer thinks is important, but what it needs to do is anticipate what the USER thinks is important. I suspect it will be a long time until AI can actually understand how any human things and what any human needs. After all, it isn't even aware of what it is, how is is supposed to understand what the user is?
No manufacturer seems prepared to treat software failure and mechanical failure as the same thing; even though with the on vent of self-driving, we are resting most of the passenger's safety on the ability for software to correctly interpret any situation. Feel free to cite references if you find any evidence to the contrary. Furthermore, Tesla has carefully structured their liability such that they can always blame the driver. Every accident by autopilot has been followed by comments to the effect of, "the driver must always pay attention".
Every time someone talks about a future where people can afford to live and not work, they get called down as a communist. I think many people can envision a world like that. Heck, Star Trek was about a world like that. But what is difficult to envision is how we transition to an economy like that because it requires the people with all the power to give up what they have so others can live. People get called communist, and reminded communism never works. People imagine it all the time, and then get ostracized for it.
That's a secure job if a few people become plumbers and/or electricians, but if a million people become plumbers and/or electricians, the hourly rate gets driven into the ground. Besides, can't say I've ever talked to a life long plumber that seems joyful about his job.
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There is no assurance that they will ever get to a point where they will save a significant number of lives. Until we have hard evidence of that, I would prefer they stop creating their own deaths. In the case of Autopilot, people are lulled into a false sense of safety until they make a mistake that kills or injures themselves or others.
Also, how is the guy supposed to sell stuff? Selling stuff for profit is an American right!
Lol... I am a regular linux user and it has something called a 'package manager'. If that fails, you can download a binary. You don't have to build anything. I haven't built anything for years and the last time I did it, it was just because it was absolutely bleeding edge.
More correctly, 0% of MacOS users are able to avoid the graphical interface.
To me it doesn't matter whether the walled garden keeps malware out or not. I'd like to be allowed to determine for myself whether an app is trustworthy or not and not be coddled.
Or a private website of an app publisher that I can install their app from.
Google wouldn't use this to scan all your texts with non-consenting people........... would they?
The windows method of storing to a file local to the directory solves this fairly elegantly.
But then that makes no thumbnails work. Worst solution ever!
Right.. Because Steve Jobs wouldn't have done it that way. Apple must save hundreds of thousands in development costs by expecting everyone to use their systems the same way. Using MacOS is an exercise in using someone else's workflow that Apple feels is right.
And what happens if you remove the encrypted drive?
So someone who doesn't know how their computer works and said 'no' to encrypting their system drive doesn't have a right to benefit from security if someone gives them an encrypted drive to use? Honestly, I know about computers and I wouldn't have thought of this. I know I don't have anything on my system drive that I need encrypted, but I do know how to make an encrypted flash drive and do use them occasionally. I never would have thought of this.
Or, *oh no* the user has to wait for thumbnails to be regenerated. I think it actually shows a regular icon and takes some time for the thumbs to show.
I'm pretty sure users have to wait a whole second for the thumbnails to be generated if the Thumbs.db file cannot be written to the media.
What is wrong with Apple users that they can't wait another 0.0002 seconds for icons to load off the local drive? I think that is the real matter at heart here.
Doesn't matter, it shouldn't be on option to be left open. It might be ok if it explained that "Apple reserves the right to copy any data from another device to your system drive so do not assume all data is encrypted unless your system drive is encrypted". But I doubt it says that, because that alone would be confusing to people, so they should just not automatically copy data off an encrypted drive, period.
This amounts to copying data from one device to another without the user knowing. This is just plain bad design and you are being an Apple apologist.
That's an awfully obscure point to know for an OS that is supposed to both be secure and 'just work'. Put those two together, and security should just work, not require you to understand this distinction. Your comment amounts to, "you're encrypting it wrong".
People hate smart suggestions because AI isn't really there yet. AI can determine what some Silicon Valley developer thinks is important, but what it needs to do is anticipate what the USER thinks is important. I suspect it will be a long time until AI can actually understand how any human things and what any human needs. After all, it isn't even aware of what it is, how is is supposed to understand what the user is?
Sure, just like privacy-invading internet companies will only exist if we let them.
No manufacturer seems prepared to treat software failure and mechanical failure as the same thing; even though with the on vent of self-driving, we are resting most of the passenger's safety on the ability for software to correctly interpret any situation. Feel free to cite references if you find any evidence to the contrary. Furthermore, Tesla has carefully structured their liability such that they can always blame the driver. Every accident by autopilot has been followed by comments to the effect of, "the driver must always pay attention".
Born into a rich family, so, yes.
One operator in Mexico could monitor several trucks at the same time while the drive down the freeway.
Meanwhile in Ontario, Canada, a girl gets a ticket for looking at her Apple watch while driving.
Every time someone talks about a future where people can afford to live and not work, they get called down as a communist. I think many people can envision a world like that. Heck, Star Trek was about a world like that. But what is difficult to envision is how we transition to an economy like that because it requires the people with all the power to give up what they have so others can live. People get called communist, and reminded communism never works. People imagine it all the time, and then get ostracized for it.
That's a secure job if a few people become plumbers and/or electricians, but if a million people become plumbers and/or electricians, the hourly rate gets driven into the ground. Besides, can't say I've ever talked to a life long plumber that seems joyful about his job.