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This platform expansion looks like it’s laying the groundwork for the launch of Apple’s own long rumoured Tile competitor
This ^. Apple is not doing this out of benevolence. They don't to butt up against EU regulators and US courts. These are what I call "lawyer features"
What I'm unclear about - does find my find and relay info about other people's stuff with your phone?
What I'm unclear about - does find my find and relay info about other people's stuff with your phone?
Yes, and your stuff through their devices, privately. https://www.wired.com/story/apple-find-my-cryptography-bluet...
“It uses just tiny bits of data that piggyback on existing network traffic so there’s no need to worry about your battery life, your data usage, or your privacy.”
How do you piggyback on existing traffic without increasing it?
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Yes, and your stuff through their devices, privately. https://www.wired.com/story/apple-find-my-cryptography-bluet...
This sounds cool, but does it make sense? “It uses just tiny bits of data that piggyback on existing network traffic so there’s no need to worry about your battery life, your data usage, or your privacy.” How do you piggyback on existing traffic without increasing it?
They remain serious about privacy, but there's still something invasive about it I think they've never done before and always seemed implicitly positioned against.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
This ^. Apple is not doing this out of benevolence. They don't to butt up against EU regulators and US courts. These are what I call "lawyer features"
No, this is literally about about locking people even further into a closed ecosystem by increasing its utility. (And I say this as an Apple fan.)
From the book "The Element", I imagine you(or anyone buying Apple) think you are a unique individual?
Is it possible to snap out of it by using your rational, thinking part of your brain?
BLE is not that young and and the contract tracing thing was executed extremely quickly and on the same technology (afaik, please correct).
The "find my" program is interesting to me because, for the first time (as far as I'm aware) it uses your devices to provide utility to Apple (to resell). They remain serious about privacy, but there's still something invasive about it I think they've never done before and always seemed implicitly positioned against.
The "find my" program is interesting to me because, for the first time (as far as I'm aware) it uses your devices to provide utility to Apple (to resell). They remain serious about privacy, but there's still something invasive about it I think they've never done before and always seemed implicitly positioned against.
Meanwhile, I agree with you. It would be nice if Apple (or anyone) didn’t have this type of location information about me. However, it seems that ship has sailed and 5G + mesh networks will make it even more precise.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, and your stuff through their devices, privately. https://www.wired.com/story/apple-find-my-cryptography-bluet...
This sounds cool, but does it make sense? “It uses just tiny bits of data that piggyback on existing network traffic so there’s no need to worry about your battery life, your data usage, or your privacy.” How do you piggyback on existing traffic without increasing it?
"No need to worry" doesn't equal 'zero bits transferred', but more like 'so little the impact is immeasurable to you'.