iOS 16 Available September 12th • Hacker News Board

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by krrrh » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:13 AM UTC

jlmendezbonini wrote: post #346

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

Interesting. Anyone knows what API they are using or how they are achieving this? It’d have thought that this would not be possible.

From a user perspective it’s similar to content blockers for Safari.

Settings > Phone > Call Blocking & Identification

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by hebrox » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:21 AM UTC

gravelc wrote: post #152

Been on the β for a while; it’s a good OS. Particularly like the ability to use the iPhone as a Zoom cam. 3D printed a phone mount and everything works pretty seamlessly. Lock Screen widgets are nice too. Stage manager on iPadOS doesn’t do it for me though.

Can you share the 3D model for the mount?

Would love to try it first, before buying the expensive Apple licensed one.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by balls187 » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:28 AM UTC

ezfe wrote: post #209

robot9000 wrote: post #145

Huge! But the bigger surprise is that there's literally nothing in it that I care about despite being an iOS user. Also, multiple stops on Maps? That's Google maps 15 years ago.

Doesn't really matter if Google Maps had it first, I like Apple Maps more and I'm excited for the feature. Google Maps UI is a mess - only real advantage is (usually) better POI data. Routing quality is the same in my experience.

I finally swapped to Apple maps permanently. Was ~okay with giving Google my data because it's routing was better, but now Apple is on par, there is no reason to continue to use Google maps.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by pretext-1 » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:44 AM UTC

stjohnswarts wrote: post #313

time to turn off auto update for a month or so :)

iOS 15 only auto-updates within 15.x.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by krrrh » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:44 AM UTC

karmelapple wrote: post #343

JaneLovesDotNet wrote: post #250

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

Not surprising to me at all. Cameras fully behind a screen without a hole punch seems pretty unlikely, and this allows Apple to add cutouts for other sensors in the future and hide them nicely. Perhaps there are ideas for AR-related aspects of this eventually?

I’m always confused by how many people believe that it would be trivial to put screen hardware in front of a camera without negatively affecting image quality. I’ll take an even marginally better front facing camera over getting rid of the notch any day.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by NonNefarious » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:45 AM UTC

kshacker wrote: post #202

NonNefarious wrote: post #169

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Actually, the more-telling part of the number is the exchange. They'll often match yours, which is dumb as hell. In the age where most phones are mobile, this whole "scheme" is pitifully ignorant.

Spamming, like many other things in life, is a field of bleeding edge technology. :) They were not using your area code a decade back, then they realized your area code works better - it probably did for a while. When it loses effectiveness, they will move on to other patterns they have discovered. Also, A/B testing is not just for good guys.

I got a Google Voice number with an area code that's way out in the boonies somewhere. It's super easy for me to identify spam, and to prevent it by not giving my real number to almost anyone.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by shreyshnaccount » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:48 AM UTC

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

its kinda sad that we need an app for that ngl

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by pretext-1 » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:51 AM UTC

ronnocoep wrote: post #103

Think Apple will ever agree to allow RCS into the iMessage ecosystem?

Not on their own but there will be legislation. EU just passed the Digital Services Act which requires the largest of the messengers (e.g. WhatsApp, iMessage) to offer APIs for other platforms to interconnect upon request. Google could use this to connect RCS and iMessage users. Not exactly what they wanted (iOS implementing RCS natively), but same effect.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by CogitoCogito » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:53 AM UTC

dagmx wrote: post #338

CogitoCogito wrote: post #167

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Do the phones actually get recycled? (This is a genuine question.)

Yep! Here’s a video of their robot for deconstruction btw https://youtu.be/MC81peMLEfo

I'm a little confused. I see that e.g. screens are removed. How many of them (as a percentage of those sent in) are then re-used? And how many of the internal chips are re-used? How many of the batteries are re-used or how much of the underlying materials in the batteries are made into new batteries?

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by pretext-1 » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:57 AM UTC

poglet wrote: post #183

The improvements with photo sharing seem promising. Right now my partner and I have Dropbox Photo Sync enabled on our iPhones, but viewing the shared photos must be done through the Dropbox app. But now with the new improvements it looks like there is an automatic option "you can share photos instantly right from Camera, choose to share automatically when other shared library members are nearby".

Yes, very nice addition for families. Unfortunately there can only be a single shared library, so it can't be used for sharing with other groups.