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iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by kemayo »

Starmina wrote: post #240
kemayo wrote: post #184

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There's a useful iOS app called Number Shield that lets you block all calls coming from numbers that match the first six digits of your phone number. That's the most common spoofing technique, so it really does help. E.g. if your number is (555)555-1234 it'll block anything from (555)555-0000 to (555)555-9999. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/number-shield/id1319082167

Can confirm, bought it years ago, the only app that allows me to easily block full range of numbers. I'm in France and work just fine.

I didn't want to over-promise, having only used it inside the USA's phone system. :D

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by sumnole »

kemayo wrote: post #184
the_mar wrote: post #110

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Boy do i have a lifehack for you. Buy a phone number with a random area code, like ohio or something, all the spam calls come from surrounding area codes.

There's a useful iOS app called Number Shield that lets you block all calls coming from numbers that match the first six digits of your phone number. That's the most common spoofing technique, so it really does help. E.g. if your number is (555)555-1234 it'll block anything from (555)555-0000 to (555)555-9999. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/number-shield/id1319082167

Just be warned this will also block legitimate numbers.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by Jtsummers »

Jcowell wrote: post #299
easton wrote: post #285

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Muscle memory, and on smaller phones it was never a problem. I can reach the address bar on a 13 mini one handed, and it’s been so long that it’s more annoying to relearn it. It’s best to make it an option.

But it is an option.

Yeah, for the curious go to Settings -> Safari (perfectly natural place) and then scroll down to "TABS". "Single Tab" has the address bar at the top.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by Jtsummers »

Pulcinella wrote: post #275
lapcat wrote: post #244

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I don't know why Apple patched that 1 bug in iOS 12. But they didn't patch it in iOS 14 or 13. Moreover, iOS 14 hasn't received any security updates since October, and other than that 1 bug, neither iOS 13 nor iOS 12 have received security updates in an even longer time. You're treating the exception (12.5.6) as if it's the rule, but it's not.

I believe any device that supported iOS13 supports up to iOS15, so apple probably figures people can just update to 15 and get the fix there.

Correct, anything that can run iOS 13 can run 15.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone

C-f for "Supported OS release" and there's a chart showing which devices support which OS. 12 was "sticky" in that it was the last one supporting the 5S and 6. 15 will be similarly sticky given the range of devices (6S/SE(2016)/7) that will be stuck with it and will probably get several more years of security updates as a result.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by drexlspivey »

highwaylights wrote: post #205
toomuchtodo wrote: post #32

Passkeys gonna be fire. Goodbye password managers, credential stuffing, and phishing attacks! (photo deduplication is nice too btw, been a long time coming)

I dunno. Passkeys scare the crap out of me. If I get arbitrarily locked out of a Google/Apple/Microsoft account then my logins for absolutely everything go up in smoke too. (Assumes the key is a composite pair of local passkey + cloud account secret)

I think the best course of action is to add multiple keys when you sign up. If you follow best practices you should already be adding multiple yubikeys in your account so just keep doing the same.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by jbverschoor »

speg wrote: post #277
Waterluvian wrote: post #193

Is anyone else anxious about updates? I used to be so pumped for them when I was a teen. They’d unlock a world of new opportunities. Now I just feel anxious that there’s change for change sake to justify the resourcing of the design teams and that they’ll make things I’m used to worse all for a bunch of features I’ll never use or want. I don’t want more features. There’s so many already and they’re really cluttering.…

Oh come on. Bad? Shame? I don’t know about you but my thumb is always at the bottom of the screen. Why would I want to reach all the way to the top to reach the address bar?

I’m surprised it took this long. Also surpasses that the gone screen isn’t bottoms up.

I use a spacer app for transparent icons for that.

Back button and menu items should also be in the bottom.. park in the ass to go all the way up there

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by eyelidlessness »

Waterluvian wrote: post #193

Is anyone else anxious about updates? I used to be so pumped for them when I was a teen. They’d unlock a world of new opportunities. Now I just feel anxious that there’s change for change sake to justify the resourcing of the design teams and that they’ll make things I’m used to worse all for a bunch of features I’ll never use or want. I don’t want more features. There’s so many already and they’re really cluttering.…

I’m hesitant to update my Mac (it’s still on the last macOS with a 10 in the major version), and I’ve been cautious about the UI changes for several years now. I think the last time I updated during the contemporary release cycle was Yosemite. As far as being more motivated by OS updates in the past, I was one of the schmucks who paid $30 for the first Mac OS X public beta.

I update iOS on my phone as soon as I’m notified I can. I have not been disappointed once. I was also skeptical of moving tabs to the bottom in Safari, turns out it’s awesome! It did take me a bit to get used to. But I can actually reach the address bar, and I can swipe between tabs and even create new ones in the same motion. It’s everything I miss with whatever godforsaken extension I used to use on desktop to scroll between tabs, and a lot more reliable.

The problem with macOS is it’s clear these well considered designs are a backport even if they really put in the effort to make them fit on the Mac. I will stick to 3 year major version upgrades until it feels otherwise. And I’ll continue to update my phone as soon as I get the notification that I can, until I feel similarly disappointed.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by jbverschoor »

JaneLovesDotNet wrote: post #250
gnicholas wrote: post #249

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I viewed this as a signal that the island is not going away anytime soon. It's like they told the team: "how can we make it seem like the notch/island is a good thing, like we did it on purpose?" I don't mind how it looks/operates, and it's definitely nicer seeming than the notch it replaces.

Right. It's very commital, which I find a bit surprising.

I like it.. or looks like Siri will become this pill

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by jbverschoor »

bioemerl wrote: post #114
toomuchtodo wrote: post #32

Passkeys gonna be fire. Goodbye password managers, credential stuffing, and phishing attacks! (photo deduplication is nice too btw, been a long time coming)

> Passkeys gonna be fire Knowing apple they're going to be another avenue to lock in. Now not only does switching your device been that you have to leave apple's ecosystem, it also means you lose all your passwords for all your websites. I'm honestly hoping this does not take off.

They actually provide good migration tools.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by jbverschoor »

C4K3 wrote: post #286
Jtsummers wrote: post #62

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The 13 mini is only slightly larger than the SE (2016). Dimensions: Model Height Width Depth SE 4.87" 2.31" 0.3" Mini 5.18" 2.53" 0.301" (strangely precise) Diff +0.31" +0.22" +0.001" The screen goes from 4" to 5.4", which (for me) was worth the slight increase in size. I'm not going to say it's as compact as the SE (2016), but it's not a huge difference (nowhere near the difference of the regular sized 13 and 14 mod…

Personally I think the screen being made bigger is a downside, makes it harder to use one-handed. Still, it's too bad there isn't a 14 mini.

The mini got canned in the COVID years, where people didn’t feel like buying anything anyway. I love my mini
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