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adib

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    Comment #44949700

    My experience is on the contrary. Employer-lent laptop only needs to be _not lost_, especially in MNCs. Replacing an MNC laptop is relatively easy and free for the user - as long a…

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    Comment #41988139

    A missed opportunity though. If it’s USB-C powered, it could be even smaller and Apple could simplify its BOM by including a MacBook Pro charger with it.

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    Comment #41987857

    Docker on Mac works fine on external drive. I moved the storage volume on a rotating USB 3 drive.

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    Comment #29777054

    Fwiw, Eyoyo offers 4K 15” monitors, which qualify as _retina displays_. Those are usually around $150, depending on reseller and exact model.

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    Comment #28365216

    Except that Android apps tend to ask for just about all entitlements available. Translation: effectively back to square 1.

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    Comment #28365197

    ... caveat to Google's track record of rapid launch and subsequent deprecation of platforms...

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    Comment #28095771

    Technically it's "front door" since it _publicly exists_.

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    Comment #28095580

    Or Mechanical Turked.

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    Comment #28095569

    Say that you're an official with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). You have huge stacks of brochures of anti-CCP materials. You've got them scanned and hashed. Next you call Apple…

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    Comment #28031356

    ... Technically for us at least the _gas_ company is different. In fact there are a number of companies providing gas.

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    Comment #27736965

    I haven’t tested the Finder case though. Nevertheless there is the `tell ‘Finder’ ... do shell script ... end tell` construct that _may_ be able to get the Finder to launch an arbi…

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    Comment #27735064

    ... by manipulating the Finder to: (1) Create a snapshot of the entire file system; (2) or find a recent Time Machine local snapshot; then (3) mount the snapshot obtained in [1] or…

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    Comment #27734977

    ... in this case it _does_, albeit in a roundabout way via Time Machine local snapshots. In short, the attacker can bypass Unix file permissions by mounting a local backup with own…

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    Comment #27734032

    Alice finds a recent Time Machine local snapshot and mount that elsewhere with owners disabled. Then Alice can browse everyone else's (recent) files – without needing sudo access.

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