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Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by CogitoCogito »

Klonoar wrote: post #189
CogitoCogito wrote: post #167

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

https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/Apple_Environmental_Pr... Their environmental reports that they release each year indicate that they do, yes. It also looks like there's an audit report in there as well that logs the recycled materials as verified (page 109).

It's a bit unclear to me what that page 109 really means. It says a certain amount of materials were removed by recycling contractors whatever that means. Apologies if I'm missing something in that document. What I'd really like are answers to the questions I posed here:

> 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?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32761701

In any case, thanks for the link. If I have the time/energy someday I might read through that document more closely and see if it sheds light on these questions.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by pretext-1 »

MBCook wrote: post #258
scottydelta wrote: post #91

I recently published an article[1] on How Apple could improve the VPNs experience on iOS. I hope someone at Apple finally decides to improve it on the next update. It surprises me how Apple continues to add a lot of fancy feature and ignore basic day to day usability features like these. [1] https://medium.com/@contact_54652/how-can-apple-improve-the-...

VPNs are not an everyday feature for the vast majority of users.

Not for the "vast majority", but they are quite popular even for non-techy users, thanks to commercial VPN providers buying ads on YouTube and even offline. Narrative: if you don't use a VPN, hackers will steal all your data and your money. The apps from these providers are easy to set up. Even my mom asked me about it, it's surreal.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by WastingMyTime89 »

username223 wrote: post #355
WastingMyTime89 wrote: post #353

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App Library is a huge improvement particularly the Niagara-like list. Control center was also significantly improved and notifications are still lagging Android a bit but are getting better and better with each release.

App Library is a perfect demonstration of the adage that "Artificial Intelligence isn't." Mine has Audible, Clock, Settings, and Contacts in the first box, Craigslist, WhatsApp, something I don't recognize, and a folder of crap I don't use in the second, DDG, the App Store, Calculator, and another folder of crap in the third... Why would I ever use this? EDIT: If it were marginally "intelligent," it would have a box…

I’m fairly certain that only refers to the Suggestions category and the order into which app icons are displayed. Categories are fixed and depend of how the app is tagged. I was specifically mentioning the list view however. I don’t use the grouping.

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Post by hiq »

sensitivefrost wrote: post #232
willyt wrote: post #213

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That must be a US thing? I never get spam calls on my iPhone and only very rarely a spam text; maybe a couple of times a year I get the 'you've got a parcel with a fee to pay' scam.

It's definitely not a US thing.

Robocalls seem to be way less of a problem in Europe than in the US, not sure how many other countries suffer from the same.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by aidenn0 »

dmd wrote: post #237
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

It's funny how 30 years ago, probably 90% of my actual phone calls were with numbers that matched the first six digits of my own. Now that number is 0%.

It was closer to 50% for me since there were two (overlaid) exchanges in my neighborhood. I still remember about a dozen phone numbers of friends from when I was growing up.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by highwaylights »

drexlspivey wrote: post #305
highwaylights wrote: post #205

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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.

This assumes that every site knows enough about what they’re doing to allow for let alone mandate multiple keys.

I’m just saying, I’ve seen a lot of sites demand mobile 2FA and also allow for nothing else shudder.

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

twobitshifter wrote: post #325
MR4D wrote: post #42

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Select "Silence unknown callers" and you're done. Last month I had a flurry of spam texts and calls. I moved the slider to the "enable" side a few weeks ago and have had zero issues since.

I forgot this was turned on and missed a call from a recruiter once.

They didn't leave a voicemail? Weird of them to leave money on the table like that for the sake of a few extra seconds.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by ayewo »

fomine3 wrote: post #318
pwpw wrote: post #166

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Because I'm immediately leaving town. I can grab it, quickly set it up, and know what to expect.

Don't leaving town make returning difficult?

I believe what the gp is really saying is that by the time they get to pick up the iPhone 14 Pro (whether in store or when their pre-order gets delivered), they'll be too close to the date of their departure.

In other words, they would not have had any meaningful time getting accustomed to iOS from Android, which is why they used the strategy of getting an iPhone 13 spend 2 weeks or more with it, in the hopes that if they like the experience, they'd return it for the newer iPhone 14 Pro.

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