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Comment Re:Meaningless statements? (Score 2) 96

Humans get distracted, drunk, and tired. Automation doesn't.

It doesn't get tired. It might get into an altered state. It can definitely get distracted, and get confused about what something even is so long that it's a problem. It doesn't have infinite resources.

Using other types of sensors takes guesswork out of certain decisions. If you can measure density and depth like you can with a mix of sensors which don't even include cameras then you can reliably do AEB which overrides your beloved optical-only system and keeps it from screwing the pooch.

Comment Re: Meaningless statements? (Score 1) 96

This is true, indeed as you allude there is much that a brain does that you don't want your software to do. But you may not be able to separate all of those things away from the things you do want without going badly awry, either. Also, some of those things may be artifacts of the attached peripherals.

Comment Re:How does one become a new customer? (Score 1) 78

"Telecom shop" is an important choice of words here. What you describe is not the norm in the US by a long shot.

That said, yes, we're all geeks here on Slashdot. Most of us could figure out how to find a version of phone-X compatible with carrier-Y.

Now have Grandma do it without any hand-holding - Oh, sorry, the cheapest option was carrier locked to the wrong carrier, try again. Oops, this time she grabbed the GSM version when she needed CDMA. Third time's the charm, right? Oh damn, she managed to find a Windows phone? Is she even trying?

Comment Re:Clickbait Headline (Score 4, Insightful) 34

The GP is splitting hairs. The key detail here is that Private Relay isn't a VPN, it's basically just a two-hop anonymizing web proxy. Now ask any non-geek to explain the difference.

There are really two separate problems here, one of which very much is Apple's problem, and the other... I'll leave it to you to decide for yourself.

First and most importantly, this isn't limited only to people using passkey; the remote site can ask for it regardless and the response will include the device's true IP.

And second - Private Relay is primarily targeted at people who:
1) Don't understand the difference between a relay and a VPN;
2) Want to browse the web anonymously;
3) The limit of their technical ability is going into settings and hitting a toggle;
4) Have an iCloud+ Subscription (meaning they're paying for this fake anonymity).

Is that Apple's "bug" in the technical sense? Of course not. But they're effectively selling pigs in pokes to customers that can't tell the difference.

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