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Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by jonathanyc »

int_19h wrote: post #209
kbos87 wrote: post #20

“Apple believes privacy is a fundamental human right, which is why iOS has always been designed with built-in encryption, on-device intelligence, and other tools that let you share what you want on your terms.” It isn’t often that you see any company the size of Apple take that strong of a stance. Privacy is their best feature and it seems like they are doubling down.

The way they describe the implementation, it basically sounds like they're intentionally trying to screw Facebook and Google. That it also benefits the user is likely just a side-effect, but that's what marketing is for.

That’s how capitalism should work, buddy—companies competing with each other to win users. I absolutely do not see why this is a problem.

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Post by wiredfool »

mrbuttons454 wrote: post #187
wiredfool wrote: post #152

I hope they've fixed the bug in Mail.app where it fixates on a particular message from a month ago, which then requires you to scroll like a hamster to get to the latest messages. And then then next time as well. This has been around for a while, so I'm not really holding my breath.

FYI you can tap the status bar to scroll to the top of an iOS list.

I’ve had an iPad since 3 weeks after they were introduced, and I’d never discovered that.

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Post by Terretta »

nkkollaw wrote: post #6
36bydesign wrote: post #4

For iCloud Drive, we should be able to manage which files are saved locally and which aren’t. As is, documents can be manually downloaded but there’s no way to reverse it and have the given documents stored back only in the cloud (freeing up local storage). Then magically a week or more later stuff is uploaded and no longer stored locally. It feels fickle and frustrating.

It's been a lond time, but I read that you can add specific suffixes to folder names to control syncing. I think it was ".nosync" and ".tmp"

Cool tip, thank you.

https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/exclude-files-folders-fr...

Also "Bailiff":

"Bailiff is a simple menubar app which lets you evict iCloud files and folders from local storage, or download them when you want. Saves your Mac’s startup disk from getting cluttered with files you don’t want or use."

https://eclecticlight.co/downloads/

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Post by gdubs »

I’ve been on the beta all summer and the “screen time” feature has been a nice weekly update. Def have made an effort to cut down the time due to seeing the stats every Sunday. (Though, happily they weren’t as bad as I’d imagined they might be.)

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Post by ralmeida »

I_am_tiberius wrote: post #151
kbos87 wrote: post #20

“Apple believes privacy is a fundamental human right, which is why iOS has always been designed with built-in encryption, on-device intelligence, and other tools that let you share what you want on your terms.” It isn’t often that you see any company the size of Apple take that strong of a stance. Privacy is their best feature and it seems like they are doubling down.

I would like to believe them. But I can't. It would be so great if they could open source the part of their software that makes it possible to verify its degree of privacy. A company just writing they're taking privacy seriously... I don't believe it.

A third-party audit, like mentioned in a sibling comment, would be great. Many claims are verifiable, however, especially the claims that data remains on your device - just run it without internet, or sniff the traffic.

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Post by mattnewton »

j2bax wrote: post #199
ljm wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Provided this position is 100% genuine (and by all accounts, there is no clear indication that it isn't), that it comes from Apple gives the pro-privacy stance a hell of a lot of clout. If a company like Apple is investing in privacy then the consumer must assume that privacy has a lot more value than the government insists, no? For those who are security conscious it's a great reason to get an iPhone over an Android…

I've asked this before on here and didn't get much of a response. If Apple truly believes in privacy, does this mean that they have a strict policy against using the data provided by companies that have a lower ethical stance on data collection? Is it more ethical to pay and benefit from the data for targeted advertising than it is to collect the data yourself? Edit: On re-read I thought it might be unclear what I'm…

Your question is still unclear to me: are you asking if they advertise on platforms that collect and use data to match users with ads (Facebook and google), or if they buy data from firms to use in their own advertisements / marketing campaigns.

I don’t know the answer to either question, but I assume the answer to the first is yes of course they advertise on these platforms (on google at least), and the answer to the second is, I hope No.

Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by aeontech »

wlesieutre wrote: post #173
ender341341 wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only problem I have with it is you can't use them for password fields. It would be nice if my password manager could provide a keyboard.

You'll be pleased to see this: https://www.macrumors.com/guide/password-autofill-ios-12-wit...

Oh, that is so cool!

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Post by johnflan »

radicaldreamer wrote: post #90
ksec wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which is why I have been crying for an iOS Time Capsule. I don't want to touch iTunes and do computer backup, that is like a very geeky way do it and most people in China don't even have Laptop or Desktop. If they can make Dual Sim and other features targeting the Chinese market; Apple's second biggest market, why cant they make Time Capsule specifically for China. ( Making it China only will likely piss off the Chin…

There is an iPhone Time Capsule... it's called iTunes and it has support full, encrypted device backups via home Wifi for years...

>full, encrypted device backups via home Wifi for years

I never knew that - this might be a much better option than iCloud backup

Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by mattnewton »

plussed_reader wrote: post #208
randomdata wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"I don't want to touch iTunes and do computer backup, that is like a very geeky way do it"

They have iCloud for that.

Right, and that’s back-doored by the Chinese government (in China). So neither fits gp’s desired featureset of local & frictionless.

Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by I_am_tiberius »

ralmeida wrote: post #215
I_am_tiberius wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would like to believe them. But I can't. It would be so great if they could open source the part of their software that makes it possible to verify its degree of privacy. A company just writing they're taking privacy seriously... I don't believe it.

A third-party audit, like mentioned in a sibling comment, would be great. Many claims are verifiable, however, especially the claims that data remains on your device - just run it without internet, or sniff the traffic.

Sniffing the traffic does not help if the content that leaves your phone is encrytped by applications that are binaries.
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