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That is not the system that was compromised.

It was Discord's helpdesk software (reported to be Zendesk).

If you have problems with that system, you can log a support ticket with the Discord helpdesk, attaching your ID, and they can override it for you.

Apple changed the antenna design in the iPhone 4 Verizon variant, and in the 4S to really resolve the issue.

That fixed the actual problem in hardware - the software fix just made things look better.

People often also overlook that you need a visa to do remote work in most countries, but that really kills the vibe digital nomads are going for.

It's only on top of the list because it's likely to be first when you sort by app name.

Some debit cards don't allow offline transactions, usually when the cardholder isn't allowed to be in debt.

In the olden days, you'd get a Visa Electron or Solo debit card in the UK if you were under 18 or had a poor credit history.

Visa Electron and Solo were online authorisation-only card brands (also known as "immediate authorisation").

If you didn't have enough money in your account, the transaction would be declined. Visa Electron cards didn't have embossed numbers on the front, so couldn't be used with the old-fashioned card imprinters.

Visa Electron and Solo have been discontinued now, so people with poor credit can get a Visa Debit or MasterCard debit card, but with offline authorisation disabled.

That does mean those cards can't work in some places (e.g. on aeroplanes or trains).

Credit Cards generally always support offline authorisation.

There's no technical breakthrough, but it might seem novel to people in countries like the USA where offline authorisation hasn't been widely allowed on credit and debit cards for some time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_authorisation

In many countries in Europe, offline authorisation is more common. Cards have had a chip as standard for over two decades in European countries, and a PIN is often used for cardholder verification.

Combined, these make the risks of accepting a transaction for a small amount of money offline very low.

The limit of what can be accepted offline is known as a "floor limit" in the UK.

If someone has a newer PC, they should be able to upgrade to Windows 11 for free.

If they have an older PC, then they must have already enjoyed quite some period of the 10-year Windows 10 support lifecycle.

Unless Microsoft were to go to an Apple-esque annual release cycle, regularly dropping support for older hardware, I'm not sure how they could ever manage this.

They should be using Windows 11 Enterprise, where those features can be disabled easily with Group Policy.

Windows 10 has had the same support lifecycle as Windows 8/8.1, 7, and Vista (as well as Windows XP, although that applied retroactively).

It very much is them following previous practice.

The World section seems to have a heavy bias towards news from the USA.

The UK section seems to have a heavy bias towards news from Scotland.

It looks too simplistic for me to actually use.

It's actually unclear what the cause of this is.

There is an ongoing ICO investigation about privacy and handling of children's data under data protection laws, rather than this being related to the Online Safety Act:

https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs...

The ICO has indicated it is planning to give a fine to the owner of Imgur due to breaches of data protection laws.

>We Brits don't speak up enough in general.

They would be wrong to, given that it's legal to take photographs or videos in a public place.

There is no expectation of privacy in a public place in the UK.

I can't read the original paper, but I don't see any mention of whether they are comparing 4G to 5G NSA or 5G SA networks.

An obscure tweet is not medical advice.

In the official product information sheets, they state that you should consult with a medical professional before using it during pregnancy.

A competent medical professional will tell you that it's OK to use in most cases.

The EU now requires that smartphones and tablets receive a minimum of 5 years of security updates - starting from the end of sale.

A product information sheet must be published for each new device, and one of the categories included is how long the device will receive security updates:

e.g. for iPhone 17 Pro:

https://regulatoryinfo.apple.com/cwt/api/ext/file?fileId=ene...

They're legally required to in the EU.

Given that 5 years of support is now the minimum required for devices to be sold in the EU, Apple is now on the lower end of the range compared to companies like Google and Samsung.

Apple may have done better in the past, but these other manufacturers are making stronger legally binding claims than Apple.

Is it really noteworthy for software to reach end-of-life status on the date that it was scheduled to happen?

Isn't that just how Apple has always operated?

2004: You don't need an iPod that plays videos. 2005: Here's an iPod that plays videos.

Reducing the size of the backup would solve one problem, but it's really the lack of automation of the process that's the annoying part.

Have you changed the image quality settings in the app to "High" - I see no mention of that in your blog post.

The existing backup feature on Android doesn't do an incremental backup.

I just ran a backup, and it was 850MB. So having my phone upload something of that size every day would be a bit annoying.

Most of the major cloud storage platforms don't offer sync on Android.

It's not really a good fit for how the filesystem is used by Android apps.

I currently only do a Signal backup every few months (when I remember), and manually upload it to OneDrive.

I'm not going to pay for their new service - I already pay for too many storage services.

Why not?

I'm always surprised at the hostility to Acetaminophen on HN (or Paracetamol as we call it here in the UK).

It's one of the most commonly used medicines in the UK - and certainly the most popular painkiller.

YouGov even did a survey confirming that - https://ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/docume...

The safety aspects of it are not something that gets raised in the UK much - other than suicide attempts, which are going to happen no matter what medicine you use.

Probably the biggest risk comes from people not realising that other medicines (e.g. for cold and flu) often include it, so they double up on a dose.

I was thinking this might be useful for locking records while users are looking at them, but that's probably better served with a periodic ping that ends when the user leaves the page.

On iOS, each app's files and settings are usually completely backed up by the OS.

That means that when you restore a backup, the app should be exactly as it was when the backup was taken.

That includes all files stored in the app, accounts remaining logged in, settings exactly as they were.

Some things won't be backed up to save space/time (e.g. if you downloaded a Netflix movie offline, it won't be backed up), but it is almost a perfect replica of how things were before the backup.

Android has support for a similar concept, but apps can opt out.

If the app stores files in a non-standard location, they won't be backed up.

One of the worst parts of setting up a new Pixel device is having to log in to dozens of apps again! It's a pleasant surprise when an app used the backup framework properly.

It's theoretically possible, but a lot of apps opt out or do something that breaks it.

I have to admit, it's one of the things I do miss from iOS.

Kagi is very open about how many users they have:

https://kagi.com/stats

~56,000 users spread across the entire world isn't going to move the needle when looking at the sort of statistics in the report.

I find the lawsuits confusing.

If they consider Ofcom to have no jurisdiction over them, why not just ignore Ofcom?

Why attempt to sue Ofcom in a court that Ofcom could claim has no jurisdiction over itself?

Note that the children's commissioner is only an advisor to government.

The government itself has said it doesn't believe VPNs should be outlawed - that's even stated in the article.