Apple is Dodgy

[sufi]

A thread for Apple users to get all defensive

Jeffrey Paul: Your Computer Isn't Yours

sneak.berlin

Q: They backdoored iMessage’s end-to-end encryption?! WTF?!


A: Yup. More technical details in my HN comments here and here.


TL;DR: They even say as much on their website; from https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303:

 

[sufi]

... though whether they should be called "user" or "used" is debatable?

 

[william kent]

An apple was responsible for the fall of man. Remember that.

 

[Corpsey.]

Some think it was a quince

 

[Corpsey.]

Does look more biblical

 

[Corpsey.]

thoughts @sufi ?

 

[sufi]

thoughts @sufi ?

hijacking words from nature by tech is a thing and not really a good one
amazon
tweets
apple
barely mean what they used to anymore

 

[sufi]

this despicable shit for instance

It’s OK That Amazon Will (Likely) Get the .amazon Domain

Based on my time at ICANN, I know how hard it was to make the right decisions in the face of what, to the public, appeared to be obviously wrong.

www.wired.com

 

[sufi]

(@Linebaugh = 100% apple user)

 

[sufi]

i'm wondering who else.
annoyingly the old software used to log what os and browser people used bu the current one doesn't seem to

 

[william kent]

There's a poll from 2004 where Mac came out on top.

Mac, PC, Linux ... what are you using?

prompted by the firefox and x.4 threads, i thought this was a worthwhile question. there seem to be a lot of us mac users about these parts, which interests me. this is categorically not about advocacy or point-scoring or any of that: i'd like to think nobody here would stoop to petty sniping...

dissensus.com

 

[william kent]

i'm sorry - that's a horribly boring question, what were ye thinking of, grimly?

i stamp on my ballot paper
then burn it

democracy sucks

🤣

 

[Corpsey.]

I use a go phone, dont besmirch my name

 

[william kent]

I had four of these at one point. Never used them. They were about a decade out of date by that time and someone just dumped them on me.

 

[william kent]

The design really made an impression on me. They just looked so much more stylish than a PC. The way the side panel folded out was sick too.

 

[Corpsey.]

old gameboys had a similar look at the time

 

[Corpsey.]

n64s aswell. that fascination with wires and circuitry and the mechanics of tech has completely gone. its taboo for the design

 

[william kent]

Yeah, you don't want the seams and inner workings now. It's got to be an immaculate object. Phones are all screen.

 

[william kent]

n64s aswell. that fascination with wires and circuitry and the mechanics of tech has completely gone. its taboo for the design

I had one of these at one point.

 

[catalog]

i like the origin story of apple as a tribute to turing, but maybe that's not true dunno.