johnny_b_g

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by johnny_b_g 4y ago
> "When you apply for a mortgage you are informed in advance that it might be sold. In fact, when I got mine I was told it would be sold. This information is given to every applicant as a legal requirement and people who don't
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by johnny_b_g 4y ago
> "What about the 268,000 employees who work at Wells Fargo, 99% of whom had nothing to do with this?" Boo-fukken-hoo. They were all part of the problem - the grease of the machinery if you will; something this bad doesn&#x27
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by johnny_b_g 4y ago
Again, the whole work vs. personal networks isn't what's really relevant here - it's the auto-joining of synced in Wifi network(s) from other devices that's the real issue (see my other post(s) here for an example).
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by johnny_b_g 4y ago
While the OP is referring to a "work" machine, I feel their setup is besides the point - it's the fact that it's auto-joining a synced-in Wifi that's the issue... Essentially, what happened to me is that on my iOS d
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by johnny_b_g 4y ago
While it could be said that the user shouldn't be mixing a "home" keychain (iCloud) account on a "work" machine, perhaps their work have a BYOD policy, and/or perhaps a policy of using Keychain for work-related
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by johnny_b_g 4y ago
I got bit by this myself not too long ago; glad to see it getting some traction from someone at Apple, even though it's from the totally wrong department.
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macOS' iCloud Keychain syncing of WiFi networks a security risk(twitter.com)
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by johnny_b_g 4y ago
As opposed to pulling this sh!t? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33494109
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by johnny_b_g 4y ago
So quit making posts whining about it and flag them instead. GAWD!
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by johnny_b_g 4y ago
> How does one challenge a patent? With massive amounts of money, since the PTO has made it impossible for the system to actually be fair.
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by johnny_b_g 4y ago
For me, on a Mac, I consider Safari dead in the water ever since they crippled its extension support, so that's a no-go. Chrome is made by whom I consider a privacy rapist, so I refuse to use that. As for any Chromium derivatives - wel
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
I said some inflation is fine (ie. normal/expected) except hyper inflation/deflation.
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
This totally ignores the greediness in capitalism, which cryptocurrencies exemplifies (there's no problems they actually solve, except the problem of how to make the rich richer)
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
> The itch.io response here is uniquely abrasive in the field "Uniquely abrasive"?? I see you haven't seen all the trash-talking from the Laser-Eyed bros in Twitter.
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
> what problem Bitcoin solves (inflation). Some inflation is fine (some would argue has some value/purpose) - what you don't want is too much inflation, or deflation ("hyper"). But I doubt any cryptocurrencies ca
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
Does anybody actually listen to these Bitcoin Pushers anymore??
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
> So: > > - you still haven't said what exactly you're missing from Safari to consider that it "properly supports PWAs" You've been repeatedly given answers, but you have decided to dismiss them becau
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
Exactly. I'm not a Facebook user, mostly because of the vast and repeated privacy violations they've committed in the past (not to mention their monopoly behaviors and political influencing, etc.) - but because I don't run&#x
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
Indeed - apparently my Trump bashing was "unqualified", so I now have to go and run for President, get elected, be President for 4 years, and then I can start bashing him.
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
Ah I missed that - thank you!
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
Any hosting offerings? I like that it's OSS, and obviously many will like the option to self-host, however some like to also have the choice of it being hosted (mainly for ease of management/security) - this usually also offers a
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
As opposed to posting an opinion as a "comment" to try to get that last word?
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
That's not even a relevant question - the excuse given by Twitter was "the account was “artificially” amplifying information" not "bots were 'artificially' amplifying the account"
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
> Dell sells like 30 different laptops. Apple sells 3. So Dell offers 30 different choices in price/feature ranges, from lowest to highest. Apple only offers at most 3 - likely all in the more expensive range. Kinda fits and conf
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
> Henry Ford has a famous quote: >> If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses False: https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/10/fact-check-henry-ford-q... and https:&#x
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
All this means is that they're adept at parting fools from their money with "feel-good" marketing and such, to benefit their shareholders (those are their "real customers", not the consumers of their stuff), and to
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
> I distrust anyone who tries to brand a genuine privacy upgrade as "hype" I particularly like this Apple fanboi argument - that having a third party (Apple) needlessly involved is somehow more "private" than only ju
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
LOL @ Apple fanboiz' privacy arguments: https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/05/apple-icloud-photos-scanni...
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
> They don't seem to be able to grasp that maybe there are different viewpoints in this world You mean like you're doing? Kettle, meet Pot.
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by johnny_b_g 5y ago
Yup, Apple fanboiz always be deflecting. No wonder Apple doesn't need a marketing/PR dept - the fanboiz will happily come to Apple's rescue for free!

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