breakfastmtn

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Etymology – For fans of word and phrase origins to learn and share interesting findings⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Subscribed

  Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘sign at the bottom of a document’): from Latin subscribere, from sub- ‘under’ + scribere ‘write’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah you were appropriately smart mouthed. The problem was my clumsy post intro.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think there’s any evidence of a global compromise but I think you’re right that China wouldn’t allow access if it didn’t ultimately control it.

  I couldn’t find anything specific about iMessage but the keys are backed up to iCloud – and we know that’s compromised. I can’t imagine them leaving users the option to just not back up to iCloud to avoid surveillance, but I haven’t seen any specifics. Best to assume that under no circumstances do you ever have privacy from the gov’t in China or even when messaging someone in China.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Apple proactively aids in censorship and stores all customer data on servers controlled by the Chinese government.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They could have factories in China and not sell phones there. There are also other places to build factories. They just might have to trim back their 42% profit margin. It’s still a willingness to abandon principles for a price, isn’t it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, they didn’t cave to Russia either. Apple just has principles until there’s enough cash on the table. Then they claim to “always abide by local laws” wherever they operate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t you know anything, Brits? Apple only strips security features for the Chinese government, you fools!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s mostly just media first but there are a few features that don’t federate. Portfolios and stories are exclusive to pixelfed. And even if you just want to scroll a bunch of photos there just isn’t a better way. They have the best Fediverse app I’ve ever used and the experience is great because it was designed specifically for that purpose.

  Not that there’s anything wrong with not seeing the appeal. The best thing about the Fediverse is that you can just be wherever you want. So you can post on Mastodon and follow whoever you want on Pixelfed too without having to make another account.