DownrightNifty

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by DownrightNifty 1mo ago
> they started forcing things to need to be in Applications Since when? Agree with your other points overall.
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by DownrightNifty 5mo ago
If you're gonna use Claude for writing in some capacity, this is definitely the way to do it. Thanks for not letting it write for you.
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by DownrightNifty 6mo ago
> Many of those points reveal lack of knowledge about Windows administration capabilities. Do those capabilities require a more expensive edition of Windows?
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by DownrightNifty 7mo ago
In what ways does LineageOS trail behind AOSP in terms of security? I looked at the comparison chart you linked elsewhere and the privacy/security sections only seem to list advantages over OEM Android (not AOSP), with the exception of
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by DownrightNifty 7mo ago
They do provide installation commands for every platform that aren't vulnerable to homograph attacks due to GitHub not allowing Unicode characters in user/repo names :)
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by DownrightNifty 7mo ago
But as the title of the post says, browsers already solved this problem. https://www.xudongz.com/blog/2017/idn-phishing/ It does make running commands from an untrusted website a little safer, which is nice.
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by DownrightNifty 7mo ago
A simpler solution: examine the URL displayed in the browser window before copying terminal commands from the page. E.g. "starts with github.com" -> "trusted GitHub UI indicates the repo is the official one for this projec
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by DownrightNifty 8mo ago
The linked article seems to imply that this remains a good design choice even today: > The use of this rule can be seen for example in MacOS, which always places the menu bar on the top left edge of the screen instead of the current prog
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by DownrightNifty 1y ago
Wow, this is great. Would you mind if I reached out over email?
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by DownrightNifty 1y ago
True, it's far from ideal, and not entirely without Apple's approval. You need an Apple ID, to accept Apple's EULA (which probably forbids such activities), to accept the risk of your Apple ID being banned [1], to accept the
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by DownrightNifty 1y ago
Mega cool! We should all be taking full advantage of the amazing capabilities of the pocket supercomputers we all carry around with us at all times (even if the companies who make them don't want us to or don't care about us). Any
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by DownrightNifty 1y ago
Most laptops run Linux, but few provide official support for it. The Gen 12 and 11 did, and you could get Linux pre-installed. But there's no "Linux" option on the Gen 13 store page. https://www.lenovo.com/us&
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by DownrightNifty 1y ago
The latest model X1 Carbon (Gen 13) doesn't appear to officially support Linux at this time, unfortunately.
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
Extra context I forgot to provide: > RCS may require access to certain SIM card information, which only pre-installed apps can do > because they don't want to implement RCS themselves. Sounds like they can't implement RCS
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
> many developers are waiting for Google to add RCS to the same API that SMS/MMS already exposes because they don't want to implement RCS themselves. Is that a planned feature? It's frustrating that third party messaging a
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. Feel free to contribute this change yourself if you want: https://github.com/DownrightNifty/dihsy/blob/main/dihsy.md I'll probably end up adding it myself if you don'
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
Some good points overall, and I think I agree in a lot of ways, actually. > (or have the capability to jailbreak their iPhone and know what they’re getting themselves into) It is a common misconception that people can "just" ja
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
> Delta seems to be allowed (at least partially) because of the DMA and the EU. Yeah, that's an important point. Delta on the App Store is most likely a direct result of the Digital Markets Act: https://www.theverge.com&#
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
That is listed under "unofficial sideloading methods". A more accurate title would've been "Does iOS support sideloading yet?" but I wanted to keep the domain name as short as possible :) The Apple Developer progr
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
The DMA allows Apple to take "strictly necessary and proportionate" measures to ensure that alternative apps do not "endanger the integrity of the hardware or operating system". IMO iOS notarization (which is a different
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
> Since DMA came into effect almost two years ago, can anyone comment on its effectiveness? I'm so glad you asked, because I wrote an entire website about it: https://doesioshavesideloadingyet.com/ Executive summary
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
> I personally don’t care about alternative app stores I've seen this sentiment a couple of times here and I think it's the wrong framing on what the EU is trying to do. Third party app stores aren't the point; they'r
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
I believe this is the full text of the decision: https://sei.cade.gov.br/sei/modulos/pesquisa/md_pesq_documen... It uses the word "sideloading" and doesn't appear to have carveouts allowing App
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
Sorry, I should've clarified that I was asking about whether you had a source for the claim that this legislation will not allow sideloading. I agree regarding the definition!
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
It's certainly a shame that piracy is a real factor here :( It should probably be noted, however, that from what I understand, technically speaking, the only reason that piracy is possible in the first place is due to Apple's fail
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
Do you have a source for that?
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
I added it to the tracker: https://doesioshavesideloadingyet.com/#which-countries-are-l... Fingers crossed this enables true sideloading and not just third party app stores!
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
> But option like "a possibility" available with hoops to software engineers or tech savvy people can't be. Okay, then the only disagreement we seem to have is that you think that everyone who sideloads should continue to
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
[Author of the site here] It seems we're actually in agreement here :) You say that any option will be social engineered, and then you go on to explain an option that Apple has already implemented that you don't believe is suscept
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by DownrightNifty 2y ago
Yes, you're correct. > $100/year is too much That's the issue, really. If you're paying for the developer program but you aren't uploading apps to the App Store, then you aren't using the program for its int

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