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Interesting and concerning. I feel more trusting of Apple getting this right than Google of course.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/04/apple-and-google-partner-on-covid-19-contact-tracing-technology/

Does anybody actually feel good about the fact that they’re just now concentrating on privacy and security? They have made way too many security “mistakes” for this to matter now.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/2/21204018/zoom-security-privacy-feature-freeze-200-million-daily-users

“Our goal has always been to provide the world with the best weather information possible, to help as many people as we can stay dry and safe, and to do so in a way that respects your privacy,” Dark Sky co-founder Adam Grossman writes in the post. “There is no better place to accomplish these goals than at Apple. We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to reach far more people, with far more impact, than we ever could alone.”

And you do that by restricting the app to one platform and cutting off the API? 🤔

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/31/21201666/apple-acquires-weather-app-dark-sky-shut-down-android-wear-os-ios

775%???!

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/29/21198673/microsoft-cloud-demand-xbox-gamerpics-disable-coronavirus-pandemic

It’s not looking good.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Apple-weighs-delaying-5G-iPhone-launch-by-months-sources-say

As long as the Client Hints API is a standard and not a Chrome feature then this is great. User Agent strings have always been trash. There has never been a time in my 15 years of web development that I enjoyed having to do anything with them.

https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/03/chrome-phasing-user-agent/

I have definitely been thinking about this a lot lately.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/should-you-clean-your-phone-to-combat-coronavirus-definitely-maybe-11584018237

I feel like Apple is in a much worse state than when they did the PowerPC to Intel transition, so I predict this Intel to ARM one will be a long, sloppy mess.

https://mondaynote.com/arm-ed-mac-not-again-or-for-real-this-time-a3548eece86

I can’t see how Apple gets through all this without a lot of pain.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/03/report-offers-a-closer-look-at-apples-relationship-with-china-during-a-crisis/

In trying to imagine how much Robinhood employees were/are panicking through all this. smh.

What a way to destroy your company’s reputation and any trust your users had.

https://www.businessinsider.com/robinhood-down-outage-markets-rebound-coronavirus-backlash-2020-3

Agreed.

https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/engineering-beliefs

https://www.zdnet.com/article/android-malware-can-steal-google-authenticator-2fa-codes/

I recommend using a password manager and doing 2FA through that. I’ve been using 1Password for a while and recently switched to using it instead of Authy for all my 2FA accounts. I think most of the popular password managers should support this.

Some password managers to consider:

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-password-managers

So Facebook is filled with cowards unable to stand for what’s right. I been knew that.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/20/facebook-republican-shift/

This situation is ugly.

https://www.businessinsider.com/experts-react-google-brexit-decision-move-uk-data-to-the-us-2020-2

I really don’t like using Apple products the way I used to for this reason. They should be embarrassed it’s gotten to this point.

https://stevestreza.com/2020/02/17/ios-adware/

I can’t believe they’re selling this phone for $1,500.

https://www.inputmag.com/tech/our-motorola-razrs-plastic-display-is-already-breaking-peeling-at-the-fold

I give it 4 years before most of the popular phones look exactly like this.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/2/21118894/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-leaked-video