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lucasar

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    Comment #46456493

    Yes, that is used to exchange information between iDevices. The "Find my" mechanism is proprietary and closed source, so you cannot categorically discard the possibility of iOS usi…

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    Comment #46454480

    Well, such traffic goes OUT somewhere and that somewhere is other iDevices so that's traffic coming IN for them, no? I don't have evidence supporting either possibility other than …

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    Comment #46453829

    Maybe the culprit is the technology and nasty tricks backing the "Find my device" feature? iOS devices will share their location (and potentially other data) with other nearby devi…

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    Comment #23794508

    The above is correct. Facebook wants you to use the SDK.

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    Comment #23794474

    It is evident that Facebook does not QA the way they should. It would be nice if Apple added mechanisms that allow a dependency in an app to crash but allow the host app to continu…

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    Comment #23794213

    I think AD is probably the best (if not the single) reason to use MS boxes. It's quite a beast and you have to know its little tricks but hey, the same goes for any other solution …

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    Comment #23793756

    Former Senior Windows SysAdmin here --worked in large scale infrastructures and was the lead in a team dedicated to securing hundreds/thousands of servers. My answer: No f *ing way…

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    Comment #23098476

    That is definitely not the case for the ~10 relevant apps I have worked on.

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    Comment #23098373

    You have no idea what you're talking about. Apps use the Facebook library because a good portion of end-users want to be able to login with a Facebook button --or Google, or whatev…

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    Comment #23097843

    I am an iOS developer and most likely the problem is related to configuration and basic analytics, not "siphoning" app data. Offending code : if (restrictiveParams[eventName][@"is_…

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    Comment #23097648

    You beat me by a couple of minutes. Dear Facebook: Please move slower and break fewer things. Thank you very much.