The way apple sees its computer customer base now as they see their iPhone base (Must Own Latest Must Buy Shiniest), I do hope for the Asahi Linux project they don’t keep on iterating endlessly with new hardware twice a year.
The promise of feudal security: "Surrender control over your digital life so that we, the wise, giant corporation, can ensure that you aren't tricked into catastrophic blunders that expose you to harm":
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⛵ Jolla | Premium mobile OS (Sailfish X) makers bring a new device 📲
An AI powered one - described at this early stage as "private & secure blackbox for your life".
"We don’t believe it’s a good model to put AI run locally here in the phone. It’s not secure. You can never make smartphones secure enough for that. We believe that in this AI era privacy becomes much more important." ~Antti Saarnio / Jolla
Effective Tue 13 Feb 2024, every firearm purchase will require a photocopy of a receipt of a locking mechanism intended to secure said firearm. If you plan on securing any upcoming firearm purchases in a safe, make sure you locate and scan its receipt so you can print copies on-demand....
Passkeys should be easier for enterprises to adopt and are full FIDO strength. The thing I don't understand is why MS does not make authenticator a FIDO strength credential like they did for WHFB.
You’re thinking about “device-bound passkeys”. Bitwarden and any other third-party credential manager leverages “synced passkeys” because they don’t control the hardware.
Synced passkeys are actually called out in the FIDO Alliance’s FAQs as preferred since they more closely align with the desired replacement of traditional passwords.
Since #electronics have been on my mind lately, I've been thinking of this ... story? situation? anecdote might be the best fit.
Doing anything every vaguely #niche, like #hobby electronics, in a small #city in the middle of #nowhere used to be quite difficult in terms of obtaining #supplies and #parts. Before the #internet, if you could plan ahead and order enough stuff at once from a big #distributor to make the #shipping charges worthwhile, #catalogs from DigiKey etc were life savers.
For example, in my last semester at #school, when we had to synthesize all the various things we'd learned in our years in our program and create a final-term #project - designing a #circuit, #manufacturing the #PCB, turning that into a working #device, writing the #software to control it, 3 different kinds of #documentation for the whole #system - we actually spent basically a whole year preparing.
I organized half a dozen of my classmates to bulk-buy #parts from #DigiKey.
If you have a #hidden or extra #phone, iPad, or other cellular-connected #device and do NOT want someone else to find that device, turn it OFF on Wednesday. Just silencing it won’t work. Idk if airplane mode will do any good (I will test various devices, myself).
Since Xitter is so very broken, most people I’ve mentioned this to (a variety, including teachers!) have had no idea this is even happening this week. The press release was two months ago. 🙄
Apple makes great products for adults, but with #kids they just don’t hit the mark.
The #screentime controls on iOS as an absolute disaster. Feature-wise they seem great, but in practice they break after a few iOS updates, resulting in jammed parent controls and complaining children.
It’s much easier to turn off the screen time than fix them. Which I guess most parents will do.
My opinion? Apple should be fined 10 billion bucks every time a kid commits suicide due to #device#addiction. 🤬
"With a software death date baked into each model, older versions of these inexpensive computers are set to expire three to six years after their release. Despite having fully functioning hardware, an expired Chromebook will no longer receive the software updates it needs, blocking basic websites and applications from use…
[Pictured] A pile of Chromebooks with expired software sit in a classroom at Montera Middle School in Oakland, Calif"
I can understand when manufacturers want to #EoL a #device (tho espechally on #ChromeOS / #Chromebooks the excuse of "too old hardware" rarely flies), the fact that these are literally turned into #eWaste due to not being unlockable and thus refurbishable (just like any other laptop) is basically an asshole move against both owners (that would otherwise get some $ from refurbishers) and the envoirment!
#Ccr23#Device trial presented just now. Stopped early for emphatic efficacy on primary endpoint: videolaryngoscopy halved the rate of failed intubation at first attempt compared with direct laryngoscopy.
Interestingly, although underpowered to detect a difference due to lower event rates, there was no difference in complications
#AsahiLinux: Fedora 40 now available for Apple M1/M2 machines! (social.treehouse.systems)
Fedora Asahi Remix 40 images are now available on asahilinux.org! 🎉...
Reminder: Print Your Receipts
Effective Tue 13 Feb 2024, every firearm purchase will require a photocopy of a receipt of a locking mechanism intended to secure said firearm. If you plan on securing any upcoming firearm purchases in a safe, make sure you locate and scan its receipt so you can print copies on-demand....
Bitwarden begins adding passkey support to its password manager - The Verge (www.theverge.com)