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Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

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Post by pjmlp »

GeekyBear wrote: post #150
pjmlp wrote: post #149

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It does when using Professional and Workstation, there are still a few knobs available. For quite some time that I don't use home edition. I also would not bet on Apple staying that way.

"You can delay this update for a little while" simply isn't the same thing as "you still have full control over updates". It's right up there with Microsoft's "you are not allowed to turn telemetry all the way off", or all the efforts to require the use of an online Microsoft account to access your own computer.

You mean the efforts to follow Apple and Google footsteps and stores?

Ever heard of Local Group Policy Editor?

Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

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Post by normie3000 »

cyberax wrote: post #138
normie3000 wrote: post #128

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What's the alternative to typing in a LUKS password?

You can use TPM with secure boot to store the password. TPM checks that the firmware is the same and that the OS is signed by trusted (by _you_) keys, and if everything matches it makes the key available for reading by the OS.

So what stops other people turning on your computer?

Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

#153

Post by GeekyBear »

pjmlp wrote: post #151
GeekyBear wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"You can delay this update for a little while" simply isn't the same thing as "you still have full control over updates". It's right up there with Microsoft's "you are not allowed to turn telemetry all the way off", or all the efforts to require the use of an online Microsoft account to access your own computer.

You mean the efforts to follow Apple and Google footsteps and stores? Ever heard of Local Group Policy Editor?

WindowsRT and Windows S were already attempts to lock down Windows to only allow apps from an app store.

Secure Boot initially didn't allow the install of operating systems other than Windows.

Microsoft is the company continually attempting to lock down their general purpose computers, not Apple.

...and no. Microsoft backing down aftet consumers revolt doesn't mean their attempts don't count.

Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

pseudosaid wrote: post #146
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #101

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> AI stuff they're starting to push through iOS 26 anecdote: A couple of weeks ago, I had a Baltimore Oriole (a cool-looking bird, not a baseball player) in my yard. They aren't rare, per se , but they are uncommon. Took my iPhone out to snap a picture, and pressed the camera button. I hadn't used it, since upgrading to 26. It takes the picture. It's there. I can see it, but it won't let me save it. Instead, it wants…

for real? it did, like every subsequent photo taken on the device after pressing the shutter “button”. You must be a bot, just another living shill. another confident user error in the field

It was a first-time onboarding thing. After that first time, it didn’t happen again.

Fairly typical kind of workflow, that most apps do, these days. It’s just that the timing couldn’t have been worse.

> You must be a bot, just another living shill. another confident user error in the field

I have no idea what that means.

Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

DHPersonal wrote: post #148
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> AI stuff they're starting to push through iOS 26 anecdote: A couple of weeks ago, I had a Baltimore Oriole (a cool-looking bird, not a baseball player) in my yard. They aren't rare, per se , but they are uncommon. Took my iPhone out to snap a picture, and pressed the camera button. I hadn't used it, since upgrading to 26. It takes the picture. It's there. I can see it, but it won't let me save it. Instead, it wants…

Holding down the camera button does open the AI search for me instead of the Camera app. This can be disabled, if I remember correctly.

It was a one-time thing. I have that button set for the app. I have the long-press set for manual tweaking. I assume that this was trying to get me to use AI, instead.

Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

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Post by pjmlp »

GeekyBear wrote: post #153
pjmlp wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean the efforts to follow Apple and Google footsteps and stores? Ever heard of Local Group Policy Editor?

WindowsRT and Windows S were already attempts to lock down Windows to only allow apps from an app store. Secure Boot initially didn't allow the install of operating systems other than Windows. Microsoft is the company continually attempting to lock down their general purpose computers, not Apple. ...and no. Microsoft backing down aftet consumers revolt doesn't mean their attempts don't count.

Right, because Apple anyway never allowed anyone else, other than when they were almost bankrupt, went into a marketing action to pretend otherwise, now back to their former self as well with a nice bank account.
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