Bruce Schneier: Attaullah Baig, WhatsApp’s former head of security, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Facebook deliberately failed to fix a bunch of security flaws, in violation of its 2019 settlement agreement with the Federal Trade C…
Lees meerI’ve recently been using Screen Time more to manage my son’s Mac and iOS usage, and it’s been really frustrating. On the Sonoma Mac where he plays Minecraft, we wanted to restrict which Web sites could be viewed. But this doesn’t just affect what yo…
Lees meerMykola Grymalyuk (PDF, via Mr. Macintosh): The talk was a look into Apple’s Rapid Security Response system unveiled back at WWDC2022, discussing the design and challenges of the system. But Apple seemingly abandoned the system a year after its intro…
Lees meerAndré Arko (via Reddit): As chronicled by my teammate Ellen, the RubyGems team is no more. I wish the best of luck to everyone taking on the herculean task of keeping package management functional and working for the entire Ruby community. Ellen Das…
Lees meerAaron Patterson (via Hacker News): I’m pretty sure I’d been getting corrupted images for a while, but it would only be 1 or 2 images out of thousands, so I thought nothing of it (it was probably my fault anyway, right?)But the problem really got me …
Lees meerJuli Clover: Back in August, Australia’s federal court ruled that the Apple App Store had violated competition laws by prohibiting sideloading and alternative payment methods.At the time, the court had not shared a written judgment, but now the 900-…
Lees meerAirPods are one of Apple’s best products ever. They are useful, they work great, and the appeal is so universal that you see them everywhere. Almost six years ago, Apple announced AirPods Pro, adding noise cancellation and soft tips. Three years ago…
Lees meerAllison Smith (via Hacker News): Amazon revealed at its annual Accelerate seller conference in Seattle that it is shutting down its long-running “commingling” program — a move that drew louder applause from sellers than any other update of the morni…
Lees meerGlenn Fleishman: When setting up FileVault, you used to be presented with two choices:View the Recovery Key, write it down, and keep it safe. It’s never presented again. (But as long as you can log in, you can toggle FileVault and get a new key.)Use…
Lees meerJamie Lang (Hacker News): Vimeo, once the internet’s most prestigious stage for independent filmmakers and animators, is being acquired by Milan-based app developer Bending Spoons in a $1.38 billion all-cash deal. The sale, expected to close later t…
Lees meerMarsEdit 5.3.5: Fix a crash when opening the main window or document sidebars on macOS 26 My sympathies. “Duplicate Post” can now be invoked to duplicate more than one selected post This feature also works much better in general, being smarter about…
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