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Apples Find My Feature Uses Some Very Clever Cryptography Wired

Andy Greenberg writing for WIRED The solution to that paradox, it turns out, is a trick that requires you to own at least two Apple devices. Each one emits a constantly changing key that nearby Apple devices use to encrypt and upload your geolocation data, such that only the other Apple device you own possesses the key to decrypt those locations. Stuff like this is why I like Apple. source

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The New Wilderness Idle Words

Maciej Cegłowski: This requires us to talk about a different kind of privacy, one that we haven’t needed to give a name to before. For the purposes of this essay, I’ll call it ‘ambient privacy’—the understanding that there is value in having our everyday interactions with one another remain outside the reach of monitoring, and that the small details of our daily lives should pass by unremembered. What we do at home, work, church, school, or in our leisure time does not belong in a permanent record. Not every conversation needs to be a deposition.

Federico Viticci On Twitter Ipad Pro Connected To A 4k

iPad Pro connected to a 4K UltraFine display with support for Bluetooth keyboard, mouse, and DualShock 4 controller. Just need a single USB-C cable to go from tablet to dream iOS workstation, now with cursor support 😍 (I re-use the same accessories for my Mac mini.) pic.twitter.com/8VqKEQlDXw — Federico Viticci (@viticci) June 19, 2019

Tech And Antitrust Stratechery By Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson: Google: Again — and note a developing theme here — Google’s anticompetitive behavior is relatively clear. First, the company consistently favors its own properties in search results, particularly “above-the-fold” — that is, results that are not actually search results but which seek to answer the user’s query directly. A partial list: Google by-and-large removed video segments from competing properties in favor of YouTube videos Google offers local results from Google Maps above search results that tend to favor Yelp, TripAdvisor, etc. Google offers hotel and flight listings above search results that tend to favor Booking, Expedia, etc. Google displays AMP-enabled websites (a Google technology) above search results that are agnostic about how a web page is displayed. Google displays tweets for individuals (thanks to a beneficial relationship with Twitter) above search results that tend to favor LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. $&…$&

Destiny 2 Shadowkeep Details Release Date Raid Exotics Weapons More

Ryan Gilliam writing for Polygon Bungie’s focus for Destiny moving forward is depth. What the studio is calling Armor 2.0 should bring new player builds into Destiny 2 with Shadowkeep. Players will customize their armor with meaningful perks, instead of having to choose between quality and aesthetics. The images that Bungie used in the trailer show a kind of energy system. It looks like players can slot different perks into their armor. But each perk costs a certain amount of energy.