Nope, you have to opt in to having iCloud save your recovery key and have the option of maintaining the key yourself. Not at all the same as being forced to save the key in the cloud. "3. Choose how to unlock your disk and reset your login password if you forget it: * iCloud account: Click “Allow my iCloud account to unlock my disk” if you already use iCloud. Click “Set up my iCloud account to reset my password” if you don’t already use iCloud. * Recovery key: Click “Create a recovery key and do not use my iCloud account.” Write down the recovery key and keep it in a safe place."

Apple doesn’t collect FileVault decryption keys by default, you have to enroll in Profile Manager for them to collect decryption keys.

Not exclusive to Apple, from the summary: "The government said that Google has paid Apple, Samsung and others"

It's likely that it wasn't a simple "point-out-of-the-FOV" but the interaction of a sequence of commands. My understanding of the check logic is that it is a series of scripts/programs with rules developed over a long time (e.g. don't fire thrusters without putting system x in safe mode first).

I have a friend who used to work with Nokia's manufacturing engineering group, water ingress into cell phone PCBs was a constant problem. Modern devices are more water-resistant but I still would trust this type of PCB in any device near a source of moisture.

NASA has, for decades, run command sequences through extensive test logic to verify correctness before okaying for upload to spacecraft. It's not always perfect (see current Voyager situation), but it does prevent a lot of "wrong command" problems.

"So 3.6 on the Roentgen scale." Pretty certain there were no X-Rays involved.

Except that Apple doesn't restrict their Find My integrated support to just Air Tags, they also support third party accessories (e.g. Chipolo) that opt into the ecosystem.

Pretty sure OP is referring to California, not only is the premise true it is easily verifiable. https://www.independent.co.uk/...

Each Apple Arcade game is individually approved into the store, just as they are asking other game subscription services to do. They may get blow-back but it won't be because they are treating themselves differently.

Isn't this what Disney did for Disney World back in the late 60s?

Apple laptops have been 16:10 for years, so what's your point?

Odd, given that the test stand is in Mississippi.

Crap, now I need a new toenail fungus guy...

Well. They don't bother trying to do well on a test.