Well, that was my thought. But as mentioned earlier - I tend to assume the least of you who are longtimers here are are 10x my skill - so I always assume there is something I've missed. 

The noobz who show up here, I tend to feel superior to. But the rest of you - I just assume I'm the new kid who showed up at a local with people who've been showing up for a decade before I arrived. 

Seems a safe bet. 

Wed May 06 2026 09:18:25 EDT from Nurb432

Not sure how you could not notice if all the passwords were changed..  He could easily see if people were logging in recently.. he had to know it would not fly under the radar.

 

 

 

The current hotness is CVE-2026-31431, known as "copy fail", along with some related exploits.

You have to already be a local user, and then you can do some things to gain root access.  It's pretty significant, but you have to already be logged in as a regular user to exploit it.  It doesn't expose itself on the wire.

But if you expose any services, and if they have any remote execution holes... ( and a lot of things do )

Sat May 09 2026 11:59:35 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

The current hotness is CVE-2026-31431, known as "copy fail", along with some related exploits.

You have to already be a local user, and then you can do some things to gain root access.  It's pretty significant, but you have to already be logged in as a regular user to exploit it.  It doesn't expose itself on the wire.

I forget where i posted it ( search would be great. hint hint :) )  But the new 'apple lease' program is even worse than it sounds.  

A friend of mine sent the official documentation.  ( attached instead of copy paste a bunch of garbage ). the TLDR; is that you are basically renting, its not yours, at all, and if you even so much as think of sneezing the wrong direction, you violate the lease and get fined and they brick the device. 

The sad thing is that whenever Apple makes a retarded decision, like removing headphone jacks or USB-A ports or making notched and curved screens, all the other companies mock Apple for it, but then within a few years copy all of Apple's bad design choices.

I was ok with going to USBc in stead of A as those adapters are trivial, but yes in general i agree. And ya, removing headphone jack is stupid on phones. Yes, adapters exist but its more bulk.  And of course no port = BT  mandated which i'm not a fan of on a daily basis. I like wire.   One reason i liked my xiaomi phones.  USB, audio, IR, even a SD slot.. My current e-ink one, no SD, but at least i got my jack back ( pixel didn't have one.  but i told that story of why i switched to one )

Apple also dropped HDMI ports at one point on laptops. Also damned annoying.  ( might be back i donno )

Sat Aug 01 2026 10:40:18 EDT from SouthernComputerGeek

The sad thing is that whenever Apple makes a retarded decision, like removing headphone jacks or USB-A ports or making notched and curved screens, all the other companies mock Apple for it, but then within a few years copy all of Apple's bad design choices.

Fear not, the eurotrash regulators are making Apple and others build phones with replaceable batteries and standard USB-C and 3.5 mm ports.

And the manufacturers don't want to build multiple variants of each device so we all benefit.

Truth.

Sat Aug 01 2026 10:40:18 EDT from SouthernComputerGeek

The sad thing is that whenever Apple makes a retarded decision, like removing headphone jacks or USB-A ports or making notched and curved screens, all the other companies mock Apple for it, but then within a few years copy all of Apple's bad design choices.

I wont hold my breath. More like they will have 2 models, and raise cost of ours over here.

Sat Aug 01 2026 20:55:16 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

Fear not, the eurotrash regulators are making Apple and others build phones with replaceable batteries and standard USB-C and 3.5 mm ports.

And the manufacturers don't want to build multiple variants of each device so we all benefit.

 

They normally don't.  That's the point.  It costs them more to maintain multiple lines.

Look around at most phones for example, the regional versions are all just the same case and computer but with the radios running at different frequency bands.  And I'm sure even that is just some sort of fuse set that's customized at the end of the factory line for different regions.

Sure, for THEM, but not us people who still like to use 'real' earphones at times. I still feel they sound better as well.

Dont have a crippled one with USBA, they all have audio out, so donno if it would work, but i might try ti sometime just to see. I do have a usbA to audio somewhere around here.  i bought it due to never getting drivers to work on the Office macbook for the native audio..  I do have a crippled USBC phone that ONLY charges. it cant even be hooked to a PC to transfer files, so they do exist.. ( long story.. total scam device, but it was cheap enough i figured worth the risk .. But its got an analog port and BT so few people would need to try that ) 

Tue Aug 25 2026 13:39:31 EDT from darknetuser

Removing headphone jacks is a good decision, if your goal is to sell USB-to-jack adapters to your customers afterwards. There is a reason why budget IT products in poor countries still come with a jack while sophisticated versions they sell in the US and Europe come with USB-A only: in a poor country nobody is going to dump 7 USD for a USB-to-jack adapter.

But often times it trickles down to the rest of us with non-apple products,   "let apple test the waters, if it doesn't cause mass exodus, then we will do it too"

Thu Aug 27 2026 19:30:48 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

 And frankly anyone who has the $$$ to waste on a lifestyle brand deserves whatever they get.