Yet one more opaque iOS 18 alert
When I asked Siri to play the playlist I mentioned in my post a few minutes ago, I also go this alert [To listen to Apple Music, you'll need to accept the latest privacy agreement.] I have searched
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Bob G.
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Opaque alert on iOS 18
After installing iOS 18, I asked Siri "Play my Favorites Playlist" and in response I got this opaque alert. This Device is Already Associated with An Apple Account. If you turn on automatic downloads
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Bob G.
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Re: [iPad] Cellular vs. WiFi/VPN Security
I have nothing any government intelligence agency would be interested in, but does the acronym FIS refer to FISGlobal, a non-governmental entity? If so, what investigative authority do they have? I
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Brent
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#3554
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Re: [iPad] Cellular vs. WiFi/VPN Security
Hi Brent, GSA is the US General Services Administration. The are the repository for a great many things including the employment history of present and past Federal employees. They have had a number
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Dave Skolnick KO4MI
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Re: [iPad] Cellular vs. WiFi/VPN Security
Dick, Good question. Facebook Messenger is encrypted end-to-end. That means encryption happens on your device and is decrypted on your correspondent's device. No one can read the contents of your
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Dave Skolnick KO4MI
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#3552
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Re: [iPad] Cellular vs. WiFi/VPN Security
Dave, please explain two acronyms, GSA & SaaS. My opinion, with no professional experience, is that most stolen information of individuals is from hacks of businesses, as opposed to interceptions. Why
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Brent
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Re: [iPad] Cellular vs. WiFi/VPN Security
Dave, Truly many thanks for your long multifaceted reply. A few more questions later, but one slightly off the mark (of your good answers) came to me just now, last 5 minutes. I¡¯m connected on my
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Richard Johnson
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Re: [iPad] Cellular vs. WiFi/VPN Security
Hello Dick, A VPN provides very good security from the point where you enter the secure tunnel (in your case on your phone) to where you come out (in your case at your VPN provider's terminus). From
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Dave Skolnick KO4MI
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Re: Navigation weirdness
Reading over my previous posts in this thread, I wasn¡¯t thinking clearly when I wrote at least one of them. If I said I typed in my current location, that would have been incorrect. I typed in my
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Andrew Buc
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Re: [iPad] Cellular vs. WiFi/VPN Security
Thanks, Jim, for the reply. With my admitted virtually non-knowledge of computer or phone security, that¡¯s the impression I pretty much had too. However, I just started using VPN and I asked because
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Richard Johnson
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Cellular vs. WiFi/VPN Security
Pardon the simplistic query, but I recently started using a VPN to try to improve my online security on an iPhone 11¡¯s cellular and WiFi signals and an iPad (9th) using WiFi or using my iPhone
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Richard Johnson
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Re: Navigation weirdness
Hi Brent, My poor experience with Apple Maps is out of date maps and poor routing. My data is only based on personal experience and limited to links from websites and email that automatically open
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Dave Skolnick KO4MI
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Re: Navigation weirdness
Found it. Thanks ! Dutch
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Dutch Junge
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Re: Navigation weirdness
Also in the UK. This is new to me. I¡¯m installing it now to give it a try. It looks *very* promising. <https://www.magicearth.com/> Otto
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: Navigation weirdness
I checked before I wrote my post, and again now. Magic Earth Navigation & Maps is still in the Apple App store in the USA. Alvin
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potentmap
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Re: Navigation weirdness
Dave, Other than your experience in the ice ages of 15 years ago, what exactly causes you to call Apple Maps unreliable? Any current issues? I haven¡¯t seen any particular issues. About 2001, I built
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Brent
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Re: Navigation weirdness
There are multiple reasons that the your starting point wasn¡¯t recognized. Most relate to receiving a signal from the GPS satellites. Many things can block the signal, like a parking garage, an
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Brent
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Re: Navigation weirdness
I¡¯ll have to look into that. It¡¯s occurred to me that there was an Italian restaurant (not where I ate the other night), which has good reviews on Yelp, on the same block as the bookstore. I might
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Andrew Buc
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Re: Navigation weirdness
Don¡¯t see Magic Earth in the App store ? Dutch
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Dutch Junge
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Re: Navigation weirdness
The Magic Earth app has maps for the entire earth. Download the maps for the states and nations that you are interested in, then you will only need the GPS satellites, and not need the internet while
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potentmap
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