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Comment Re:How long until the scams begin? (Score 1) 21

With Passkeys, they have access to your stuff without any oversight by courts and discovery. There are ZERO 4 and 5th Amendment rights to stuff protected by passkeys. They can compel you to unlock your phone, and put your finger on the print reader, and facial scan you .... all without your permission or CONSENT. As much stuff behind that initial Passkey on your phone (ApplePay/GoogleWallet, Banks, everything).

Legally it is untenable how much access they have with Passkeys.

Passcodes cannot be compelled (XKCD hammer notwithstanding). 4th and 5th Amendments apply.

Comment Re:Rock or Disco? (Score 1) 96

I'll give my good-faith best guess answer. Apple has focused on exactly the question you're asking: what is this thing really for? They've figured out you can infer the user's intended use from how the user is manipulating the physical object. This is a well-trodden path for Apple. For example, taking an AirPod out signals a user intends to stop listening to the AirPod and so it automatically stops.

And the other thing Apple has focused on, coupled with this, is that there are more physical states than just open and closed; there's also an L-shaped seated mode, a tented mode, an upright L-shaped mode, etc. Apple uses the OS to infer user intent and adapt controls, panes, layouts etc in response. Apps don't have to do that for themselves, and instead can simply take advantage of the OS doing it for them. Hence the example of the user putting the device into the L-shaped seated mode while watching Netflix, and the video smoothly transitions to the upper screen while the controls smoothly transition to the lower screen.

Making this all work smoothly and intuitively is where Apple hopes to differentiate: a coherent experience that's properly thought through.

Have they succeeded? Dunno. We shall see. But they've definitely put major effort into it

Comment Re:How long until the scams begin? (Score 3, Insightful) 21

If passkeys are movable, then they can be duplicated and reused by nefarious actors as easy as this seems to indicate here.

I have not, and do not, and never will trust passkeys as primary security for anything.

Passkeys can be compelled legally, with and sometimes without a warrant. Passwords cannot be compelled at all. SCOTUS has already set the rules.

Comment Re:School Requirements (Score 1) 105

I never really enjoyed reading long fiction. I read a lot, just not fiction.

I was made to read fiction in school (a long time ago), and it always bored me to read stories that had nothing I wanted. I don't find it entertaining or even relaxing.

I've read plenty of books, and in my younger years, used to read those thick IT tomes on Windows and Linux and ....

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Comment DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE (Score 2) 148

This is just a kindly reminder to NEVER TALK TO THE POLICE.

Ever.

"I respectfully decline to answer any questions. I invoke my 1,2,4,5 Amendment Rights. I do not consent to any searches. I refuse all roadside exams, and wish to have my lawyer present during any further interactions. BTW, here is my lawyer ... {pushes the button* on my phone}. My Attorney will represent me fully during this interaction, you may address them directly."

* https://www.attorney-shield.co...

Then STFU.

Comment Re:News Flash (Score 0) 165

It’s ordinance, not ordnance!
Ordinance = local laws
Ordnance = munitions.

In the very posh area of London called St John’s Wood, there’s a was an army barracks for many years (from 1804 to 2012. It was said to be there to act as a deterrent to anyone looking to commit crimes against the rich locals, although there’s no evidence for this). Consequently, the road running past it is named Ordnance Hill. You can buy a row house on Ordnance Hill for the cheap cheap price of just £3.8m (about 5m USD) and you get a whole 2000 square feet for that. You even get a 33 foot garden! Although that’s not really the pricey end of the spectrum, which is better represented by £10m houses on places like Acacia Road.

https://www.iangreenresidentia...

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Comment Re:Different worlds (Score 1) 498

Amazing to see this marked as Troll. As if it’s Trollish to note that the US has attacked Iran and is still engaged in a hot war six months down the line, with more bombings this very weekend, or Trollish to note that US OEMs have had huge bailouts repeatedly over decades. These things happened, you butthurt idiots.

Comment Re:End of capitalism (Score 2) 498

It's not just that America has no cheap cars. It's that the cheap cars are unbelievably shitty by comparison with what you can get for the price. The 2026 Zeekr X starts at about 150k yuan in China, which is about 25k USD.

Look at what you get for the money: AWD, 489hp and 573Nm, 0–62mph time of 3.7 seconds, heated, ventilated and massaging front seats, a 14.6-inch central touchscreen, 24.3-inch head-up display, 13-speaker Yamaha audio system, panoramic roof, heat pump, wireless phone charging, 5G connectivity and driver-fassistance systems using cameras and radar.

You can see the global version here: https://www.zeekrlife.com/glob...

Yes, PPP means this isn't an entry level car. But even the entry-level cars have fucking fridge/heater compartments.

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