..."the center of the tech universe"
They're a fashion company that sells trendy, unrepairable, throwaway devices and expects their fanbois to buy a new device whenever it's announced. They also want the old devices to end up in the trash.
They oppose right to repair and threaten independent repair shops

I agree that the claim is eye-roll inducing, but you could have at least read the next sentence before replying with the exact thing that it references.

Can this stop the kind of spyware and exploitation tools that are used by by law enforcement agencies, intelligence agencies and the sort of "secret police" dictatorships use to suppress dissent?

Cheaper. That's all I care about.

Yeah.

You know, of all the things in my life that I have to worry about, I gotta tell ya, stray microwave energy from wireless headphones does not really make the top 1 million.

But if it did, I guess I would just use USB headphones. You know, use a port I already have, rather than some additional single-use port that is of extraordinarily limited usefulness.

Of course it's Opt-In, and likely hidden in a sub-menu of an option commoners will never access, am I right? Store something in AWS and it's automatically encrypted, even the AWS data techs just see an encrypted blob of bits (they actually call it a "blob") unless for some reason you give them the encryption key. Even then they won't hand the blob over without a court order. That's the way it should be done.

Something I've not used in...Jesus.....a long, long, LONG time, and was quite glad to see it go "bye-bye!"

Last thing I need in life is another cord to get tangled up in itself, with other cords, and me!

You know what I really want? A device that can "beam" power to other devices in the room, with minimum configuration. It would be awesome to have a little box on my dresser that plugs into the wall, and that little device charges every phone, pair of headphones, watches and whatever else that is in the room, automatically, and while they're in use.

Somebody should be working on that shit.

Maybe law enforcement has trouble getting into your iToy, but they will hand over your iCloud info at the drop of a hat.

The iPhone option seems a little more platform specific than SMS. First a dialog shows up asking if you want to authorize something, I think it may also provide location. Followed by a non-SMS dialog that provides a 6 digit key. They could have sent a SMS clearly describing the thing requesting authorization and its location, along with the 6 digit code. But, you know, Apple. That wouldn't provided the enhanced user experience their proprietary solution does, for the exact same info. :-)

Masimo wouldn't License

Do we know that Masimo wouldn't license at all or was a license offered and Apple didn't like the terms of the license?

Yes, it's quite amazing that Apple can charge a premium for its devices, some amount of fees from ApplePay use, 15-30% of in-app purchase sales, and developer fees on top of all that, but somehow still doesn't seem to have the means to pay for licensing of some other company's IP they use in their products.

Apple, you have the resources. Work out the licensing deal and keep the display on the watch.

10 days. That'll cover many vacations.

Yes, you can get iTunes and other stuff on Windows. But does anything they provide on the Windows side provide authentication? For example if you are on the Mac side and something needs authentication it might send a notification to your iPhone on the same account as the Mac. Or your iPad. Or your Apple Watch.

I would expect something similar with security camera setup.