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Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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

Have they added the feature to have a locked (and hidden, I know that hidden already exists) folder for pictures?

That is my understanding. FaceID for hidden and deleted photos.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

#82

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

Indeed, but the lock-in potential of passkeys [1] is concerning.

[1] https://www.fastcompany.com/90755838/theres-a-big-problem-wi...

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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With iCloud Plus you're able to add custom email domains (really nice and tight integration with Cloudflare DNS for all the MX records) -- was a breeze to set up. Haven't put it through it's paces yet, though.

I migrated my personal email from Google Workspace to iCloud+ a few months ago, and it worked great. No complaints so far. This guide to using imapsync was invaluable: https://blah.cloud/miscellaneous/migrating-google-workspaces...

Just be sure to check your spam box more often than you used to. iCloud mail's spam filtering is very aggressive

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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post #48

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This is a great feature but it's a huge double-edged sword. I need to remember to turn it off when I'm expecting a call from an unpredictable number, and then I need to remember to turn it back on again after I receive the call. It would be great if I could turn it off for some number of hours or days.

I use a Google Voice number for all of my delivery, business, etc phone calls. It has built in verbal call screening and the smarter spam filtering, and thus my personal iPhone # can be exclusive for my white listed personal calls.

Sadly, soo many services refuse to accept Voice numbers. Most recent example: I tried to submit positive feedback to an airline and their form rejects any Google Voice numbers, mandating a "real" phone number instead.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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post #26
post #6

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With iCloud Plus you're able to add custom email domains (really nice and tight integration with Cloudflare DNS for all the MX records) -- was a breeze to set up. Haven't put it through it's paces yet, though.

Weirdly, you can only have three email addresses per domain. So you can't really use it for a typical family domain, even though it supports the family group (which can be six people).

The other users in your family group will be able to add 3 addresses of their own; the 3 you see are just the email address for your root@yourdomain.com account. User1 will have their own set of 3; login to iCloud.com from one of the family accounts and you'll see.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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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 would have this on if it wasn't for the fact that I get calls from delivery drivers, who all have unknown numbers, and for whom the notification must be immediate.

I'm always paranoid that I'm going to miss a call from one of the million numbers that come from my kiddo's school.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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post #70
post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a great feature but it's a huge double-edged sword. I need to remember to turn it off when I'm expecting a call from an unpredictable number, and then I need to remember to turn it back on again after I receive the call. It would be great if I could turn it off for some number of hours or days.

I use a Google Voice number for all of my delivery, business, etc phone calls. It has built in verbal call screening and the smarter spam filtering, and thus my personal iPhone # can be exclusive for my white listed personal calls.

I use GV also and use call screening. But it still rings through for me quite a bit with spam, so I now keep DND turned on, and if I get VMs then I return the call. Not ideal, but better than giving out my real phone number.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

#90
post #79

I'm surprised they aren't using the iPhone 14 in the promo images. Anyway, looks like my old iPhone 7 is finally going to have to retire. :/ I can't wait for a good Linux phone. Edit: 7 years of use isn't bad compared to Android, but the phone is still just fine, and it really bothers me that it's turning into e-waste for no good reason.

My daughter as an iPhone 6, so its many versions pass and I think they have stopped security patches with this upgrade. How much risk is she of being hacked without those updates -- is there any way to track identified risks?

It's the iOS app support that suffers. Apple makes it pretty unbearable to get apps for unsupported devices so I take those and relegate them to single use non-data holding devices like dashcams and other uses.
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