▲ 1846 ▼ Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon. (www.bbc.com) submitted 3 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 345 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] railsdev@programming.dev -27 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] lemme_at_it@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago* Bluetooth provides another vector of attack for the convenience. There is already quite a list of known vulnerabilities. Yes, many of these get patched but as the open standard evolves, so do the hackers. You could turn it off entirely, plug in a cable & forget all that if all you wanted to do was use audio/video. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jimbo@yiffit.net 9 points 3 years ago Yup. And for good reason permalink fedilink source parent [–] biddy@feddit.nl 7 points 3 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] Yttra@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago Absolutely permalink fedilink source parent [–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* like I said, I personally don't care, but it's a nice port, pretty ubiquitous and it's nice to have choice for customers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemme_at_it@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago* Bluetooth provides another vector of attack for the convenience. There is already quite a list of known vulnerabilities. Yes, many of these get patched but as the open standard evolves, so do the hackers. You could turn it off entirely, plug in a cable & forget all that if all you wanted to do was use audio/video. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* like I said, I personally don't care, but it's a nice port, pretty ubiquitous and it's nice to have choice for customers. permalink fedilink source parent