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Cqrd , 17 days ago to Technology in Apple announced RCS with a whimper when it should have been a bang

??? The keynote is immediately followed by sessions covering the APIs mostly for the features they just announced. It absolutely is for the developers as much as it is for the press and regular users to learn about what's coming.

Cqrd , 17 days ago to Technology in Apple announced RCS with a whimper when it should have been a bang

The WWDC keynote isn't an investors meeting, it's for Apple to talk about their exciting new features that are coming and to prepare developers for what their sessions are going to be about. The announcement was made with little fanfare because it was like a "FYI, your communication with Android devices will be slightly better for them now"

Cqrd , 19 days ago to Privacy in Do you think people would be okay with 'Recall' if Apple did it?

iCloud is a data backup system, it has nothing to do with the topic at hand

Cqrd , 20 days ago to Privacy in Do you think people would be okay with 'Recall' if Apple did it?

One records your every moment and was instantly exploited to get every piece of data you ever saw and the other does things when you ask it too and asks you before sending data off device. These are clearly exactly the same thing.

Cqrd , 20 days ago to Technology in Apple seems to have persuaded OpenAI to work for exposure

Supposedly they're not allowed to use any data obtained from this for training purposes, at least according to the mkbhd video

Cqrd , 25 days ago to Technology in This new dating app will use facial recognition technology to exclude trans women

It's marketing bullshit, in announcement they also said they used "heat signatures" from the photo to help determine if the person was trans lol

Cqrd , 1 month ago to homeassistant in Best Local Smart Lock for Privacy/Security

So can nearly all physical locks you'll find on a house door. The ones nearly everyone puts on their doors are super simple. Most thieves won't bother though, if your lock poses even the slightest challenge they'll go through a window if they really want in.

Cqrd , 1 month ago to homeassistant in Best Local Smart Lock for Privacy/Security

Picking a lock is a lot more likely than somebody finding an exploit and hacking your lock. In either case, locks are minimal theft deterrent, not prevention.

Cqrd , 2 months ago to Technology in Elon Musk says it's his turn to have the remote

He's blatantly stated as much before. He wants Twitter to be the everything app, the WeChat of the US

Cqrd , 2 months ago to Technology in YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads''

Good luck getting a lot of people with a absolute shit ton of spare bandwidth

Cqrd , 2 months ago to Memes in its true tho

The base of it is, but you're not buying a phone with a fully open source Android OS on it

Cqrd , 2 months ago to Technology in ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say

Look at any security analysis done on it and you'll see the insane amount of information it collects from every single user is absolutely stunning. They definitely use their influence and knowledge of individuals to drive opinion of those who use their platform.

Cqrd , 2 months ago to Technology in ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say

Because China is trying to influence the US and they need to be in the US market for that

Cqrd , 2 months ago to Technology in The little smart home platform that could

That doesn't feel like a fair comparison. For the same level of setup you can get with Alexa and Google, I feel like it's the same level of difficulty. If you want complex automations, sure you can yaml, but you'll be doing things you couldn't with Alexa or Google.

This is assuming you're starting with a yellow kit or something already set up and yeah, it's basically just as easy.

Cqrd , 2 months ago to Technology in Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road

Read the dammed article, it literally said the DMV for California and Nevada. It's the fucking government.