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> Only if you have it enabled.

This is untrue. I just restored an iCloud backup from my girlfriends account to an old iPhone. Our messages are included.

On my personal iCloud I have iMessage sync disabled and iCloud backups disabled. She has both enabled.

Is this confirmed or are you just saying it because it's technically possible?

Edit: Yes, this is confirmed in Apple's privacy policy for location services.

"If Location Services is on, your iPhone will periodically send the geo-tagged locations of nearby Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers (where supported by a device) in an anonymous and encrypted form to Apple, to be used for augmenting this crowd-sourced database of Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower locations."

[0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207056

I can’t speak for what data points Google uses for tracking, however... with JavaScript, there is a plethora of information that can be used to uniquely identify you across IPs, and even across browsers. [0]

If you’re logged in to a service on multiple devices you have now linked multiple fingerprints to your account that can be compared against third party data.

A VPN will not protect you from this tracking.

[0] https://amiunique.org/

(I’ve plugged this site before, so I feel like I should say I am not affiliated with it)

I've actually unsubscribed 2 times and Xfinity still sends me marketing emails. I have never been an Xfinity customer myself, put in an address once and never went to their site again.

The GP said their iMac is 9 years old.

Not 9 years ago. The late 2012 27” are 1440p.

The resolution jump may be worth it alone, to be honest.

In the screenshots, you’ve removed the URL from the search bar but it seems to be the title of the tab.

Sure. That’ll protect you from a site that

- you visit once, or only on VPN, and have never visited before

- you don’t have a personal account on

- doesn’t contain third party scripts that track and correlate data (any js can obtain every point on that page and POST it away).

In practice, unless you are going extremely out of your way to protect your privacy, (for most cases) a VPN is security theater and may even further expose you depending on your threat model.

Your IP address is a very small data point in the swarm of information used to fingerprint you.

See https://amiunique.org/

Interesting. I always envisioned a site where more experienced devs could help out newer ones with mock interviews or coding prompts to help quantify self taught coding skills.

I just realized services like this would probably fit the bill if they also offered code reviews.

Sorry, no more authentication until we can get you on a quick call to talk about your needs.

> "Our company does not believe a website or social networking site has the authority to censor what you see and post and hide information from you“

So they decided that they had the authority?

Thank you!

Is there a source regarding M-DISC being unable to hold up to their lifetime promise?

A quick google search brings up amateur-ish blog posts, and even those co sign the medium.

What's your daily driver now, if I may ask? I was seriously considering the T14, but the M1 Air is tempting me.

Just tried it and it made no change, thank you for the tip anyway!

Actually, my T480 on Ubuntu 20.04 drains battery drastically while “sleeping”.

I believe it isn’t hitting S3, but I haven’t done too much troubleshooting.

Most (all?) fonts on Google Fonts are licensed to allow free usage except selling the fonts themselves. Also, you can just download the font directly by clicking the "Download family" button on the font page.

Didn't know what link to post because Downdetector relies on CF, so it is also down.

What file metadata is unencrypted?

I believe the person was talking about shutting his own service down, pretending as if he was copying ScrapingBee for educational purposes.

Unsure if this is new, but as recently as September 2020, Windows definitely SmartScreen'ed an executable created on the same machine.

How am I supposed to interpret this? A MacBook Air surpasses my i7-8700k in single and (almost) multi core performance?

Is that significant enough to justify the instruction?

Would this not be paired with some kind of law enforcement agency action?

I’ve had a 240hz monitor for a while now and I wouldn’t say 144hz is a waste.

I do agree 100-120hz is the sweet spot, good balance of refresh rate and graphical quality.

I would not suggest a 240hz monitor if you are not playing competitive shooters a majority of the time.

Using Group Policy you can set Windows to download but not install updates. [0]

Setting this, I have never had an unexpected restart. Please keep in mind that future Windows updates may adjust this setting. I have had to re-apply the policy at least once.

I’ve also had issues with wake timers which have needed a combination of settings to fix.

Personally, I have moved away from Windows for every device I have excluding a dedicated gaming PC. I agree that this is hostile behavior and is completely unacceptable.

[0] The group policy is located at

  Computer Configuration\ Policies\ Administrative Templates\ Windows Components\ Windows Update

and is called “Configure Automatic Updates”. Enable it and select “3 - Auto download and notify for install”

Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708986 before deciding on which browser to switch to.

“Currently bloated Firefox” is a baseless claim in my opinion.