bluemellophone
@bluemellophone@lemmy.world
- Comment on T-Mobile secretly records iPhone screens and claims it's being helpful. 4 weeks ago:
That would be a pretty big security hole in iOS if that was allowed, but it isn’t. Notification and other UI elements are rendered on top of the underlying app, which does not have access to or cannot see the full screen’s canvas. We can see practical implementations of this “snapshot” test feature in code:
- Comment on Infrared contact lenses let you see in the dark 5 weeks ago:
To counter the first theory, a contact cannot change the physical biology of the photon detecting cells (rods and cones) in the back of your eye. Nothing can, short of modifying your genetics.
So you can either become part mantis shrimp, or shift the wavelengths into the spectrum your biology already can absorb and interpret.
- Comment on Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns 2 months ago:
You seem to be missing the point, the Nintendo Switch is handily the most popular game console in US gaming history. It has officially sold more units than the PS2.
I’m sorry that you don’t appreciate the switch, it’s an amazing general purpose gaming console.
- Comment on Apple CEO Tim Cook Donating $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund 5 months ago:
Previous administrations have used special government funds that are dedicated to the transition and inauguration. This comes with obvious restrictions and ethics requirements since it is taxpayer money.
Trump has decided to not use this money and get donations instead, which allows him and his incoming administration to skirt the normal mandatory reporting, disclosures, and rules.
- Comment on Juno for YouTube has been removed from the App Store 8 months ago:
Dang, I used to have so many Juno disks. What a flashback.