Tag Archives: apple

Siri, how many of my photos did you send to the government today?

Posted on Aug 6, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

The meme above was shared by Edward Snowden as the story is unfolding. See also this: “Apple explains how iPhones will scan photos for child-sexual-abuse images“. Now, how could anyone possibly have any problem with that? The way this will … Continue reading →

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“Apple more or less invented podcasting”

Posted on Apr 25, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Next, some lazy journalist is going to claim Google invented blogging. It’s impressive lazy and/or dishonest to make a claim like that. No, Apple didn’t invent podcasting and most podcasts aren’t even using Apple’s infrastructure. It was probably people like … Continue reading →

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Signalling is dishonest

Posted on Dec 19, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

When Apple, Microsoft and a host of other companies this summer announced that they would rename a number of coding terms, as they were considered “oppressive metaphors“, I actually got angry. Firstly, the renaming is based on a false premise, … Continue reading →

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Smart phone usage predicting personality

Posted on Aug 22, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

I mentioned the Big Five personality traits before; research into personality traits (and “sub-traits”) and smart phone usage appear to show that some traits are correlated to usage: Weather app use predicts conscientiousness Wake-up time predicts ambition Nighttime phone ringing … Continue reading →

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DRM as a prison

Posted on Oct 11, 2019 by Henning Michael Møller Just

About Apple and Quartz, but also China and censorship: A secure building that keeps people from leaving is a prison Hardware-backed code signing that is used to prevent people from accessing uncensored news is DRM in the service of authoritarianism. … Continue reading →

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Transcribing private conversations

Posted on Aug 20, 2019 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Big Tech transcribes samples recorded from the microphones at our homes. We know this. I was honestly surprised that the Danish newspaper Politiken chose to treat the fact that Apple and Google had had private conversations of their users transcribed … Continue reading →

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Why you shouldn’t develop for iOS

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Henning Michael Møller Just

… or any other silo for that matter. There used to be a number of screen-use tracking apps on the iPhone, essentially to fight iPhone addiction. Then Apple introduced their own tool for this and started removing the competing apps … Continue reading →

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Alexa might spell the end of the independent seller

Posted on Feb 4, 2019 by Henning Michael Møller Just

If invisible interfaces succeed – which I am not entirely sure they will – Alexa will function as a barrier of entry for independents sellers. Which is probably why Amazon is so focused on it. Google, Apple and Microsoft try … Continue reading →

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Asking the real questions

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 by Henning Michael Møller Just

I seem to see stories differently from, say, most journalists. This story, about an “exploding” iPad (battery) in an Apple Store, is barely interesting, especially after it turns out there wasn’t any panic and the store reopened the next day. … Continue reading →

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“Don’t do evil”

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Jeg var en af dem der hoppede på Google’s “don’t be evil” slogan. Det naive deri er, at der er ekstremt få mennesker der faktisk synes at de gør noget forkert. Der er som regel et rationale der kan forklare … Continue reading →

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