I think it’s because Apples fiscal year does start in October, so iOS 27 is basically released when Apple does start their fiscal year 2027.

You really think the marketing team based their version number on... the fiscal year?

That would be hilarious.

Yeah, I think it's far more likely that they don't want people buying devices with what looks like last year's operating system.

Just hold Option and Open in new Tab switches to Open in new Window.

Is there such a thing as buying a smart TV and switching out the motherboard to get a dumb TV?

It would be nice if our smartest hackers would address the problem and hack these TV sets to our advantage.

Seems to me we need to:

(1) Reverse engineer/disassemble the code to find out exactly how they're stealing our data.

(2) Hack the firmware to restore both our privacy and user-friendly functionality.

(3) Send garbage/random noise back to LG and Samsung, et al to overwhelm their servers—and actually cost them money for collecting our data.

Of course, this ought to be a temporary measure until our legislators listen to us and make what these manufacturers are doing strictly unlawful.

Or like, cut the traces to the antenna?

I think your best best is to use something like pihole or another software for your router to block the TVs DNS resolution or ability to reach outside your network. I'm feeling pretty smug today about doing that on mine a while back, if only to keep it from nagging me about constant software updates.

> Anthropic and OpenAI have gotten rid of the subscriptions for most, if not all, corporate contracts.

Do you have any source for that?

Claude Enterprise: https://claude.com/solutions/enterprise

“Usage is billed as you go at API rates”

I can’t easily find a source for ChatGPT Enterprise on my phone, but I’m reasonably confident it’s the same.

Well that’s for the Enterprise Plan. The Team Plan is monthly billed and supports up to 150 seats. I wouldn’t call that "getting rid of most, if not all corporate, contracts"

This method is missing the details of the restore process. Which would require a Mac you trust. Or trusting your backup to iCloud.

It does not require a Mac you trust just any Computer you trust.

That’s called making the right trade offs and I think Apple especially has a very good track record of making the right trade offs in their products.

> I think it’s purely to massage their Active Monthly User numbers to show growth.

I don't think so. They want you to use the App because through the they have way more ways to track you.

The app is a back door to your phone. It will vacuum all the data of it if allowed.

They have sealed sender which improves contact privacy.

Worth a read about Signal's Sealed Sender and how it doesn't preserve its properties with receive and read receipts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46022279

That's outdated information.

https://signal.org/blog/sealed-sender/ says "By design, it does not store a record of your contacts, social graph, conversation list, location, user avatar, user profile name, group memberships, group titles, or group avatars."

However, today the reality is that signal collects your name, photo/avatar, and your contacts and stores it forever in the cloud.

see:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250117232443/https://www.vice....

https://web.archive.org/web/20230519120156/https://community...

Needs a big asterisk on “stores it forever in the cloud.” That information is end-to-end encrypted and not accessible to Signal or anyone else. If you don’t want that feature you can simply disable it.

[1] https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059792-Si...

You can disable the pin but disabling the pin does not remove the data they already collected and stored in the cloud. If you decide to never create a pin in the first place, a pin is generated for you and your data is still uploaded and stored in the cloud forever. see https://web.archive.org/web/20230616082821/https://old.reddi...

The data is avilable to anyone who brute forces the pin or uses an attack on SGX which has a history of being leaky.

Note that they have been refusing to update their privacy policy after adding all the cloud storage. The fact that they don't make it extremely clear where, when, and how they store such sensitive data in their privacy policy should tell you everything you need to know about how trustworthy they are. In fact, the very first line of the privacy policy says that the service is designed to never collect and store sensitive information which used to be true, but is now a lie.

It's a bad look for a service that advertises itself to whistleblowers, activists, and others whose lives and/or freedom depend on that information being safe. They should make it very clear to people what their risks are, but as it stands today Signal's website actually misleads them.

I really like my two BenQ RD280UA. They are as wide as an 27” and as tall as an 32”. For me it’s the best Aspect Ratio for desktop screens.

The aspect ratio on the RD280UA looks great but I wish they offered a version with a PPI similar to that of the 27" 5k Studio Display.