I wanted to evaluate it for MDM purposes so I applied for an ABM account for a company I work for, got soft-approved, created an entirely new Apple ID (as required by the ABM), used it to log on a test device I intended to manage, then sort of forgot about it while awaiting for Apple to conclude their hard-approval for the ABM account creation.

Apple was supposed to contact the business owner to verify company details and finalize the process over the next few days, but they never did.

30 days later they canceled the ABM company account and deleted all the associated users along with the Apple ID which I used to log into a testing device, which now became a fairly expensive paperweight.

I had very little expectations about the experience and I was still disappointed.

We're looking for someone help maintain and evolve a cross-platform Electron desktop app aimed at facilitating real time communications within enterprise environments. You’ll own desktop features, native modules, and real-time comms.

Must have:

- Strong Electron + Node.js (packaging, auto-update, native modules).

- Solid JS/TS and cross-OS debugging.

- Strong work ethic and comfortable working remote, asynchronous communication, and owning features end-to-end.

- Ability to hit the ground running and be able to deliver from day one.

Nice to have experience with:

- WebRTC, XMPP, and E2EE/encryption APIs experience.

You’ll:

- Maintain native modules and ship cross-platform releases.

- Implement/optimize real-time features and integrations.

- Improve security, performance, and test/CI coverage.

If you think you're a fit, send an email with your CV at "ilya.lopukhin _a_t_ 1rstwap.com" and we'll talk.

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We're also looking for a senior Java developer to help maintain and evolve the Android. You’ll own Android features, native integrations, and shipping releases.

Must have:

- Strong Java + Android SDK experience (app architecture, lifecycle, background services).

- Practical WebRTC on Android experience.

- Experience shipping rock-solid Play Store builds.

- Some NDK/JNI experience (not very much needed though).

- Strong work ethic and comfortable working remote, asynchronous communication, and owning features end-to-end.

- Ability to hit the ground running and be able to deliver from day one.

Nice to have experience with:

- XMPP and E2EE/encryption APIs.

- Managing CI/CD for Android

You’ll:

- Maintain and extend the Android client, we have tons of new features planned for the foreseeable future.

- Implement/rescue complex features (call reliability, background push, low-latency reconnects).

- Optimize performance (startup, memory, battery, call quality) and fix device-specific issues.

If you think you're a fit, send an email with your CV to "ah _a_t_ digital-vitamins.at" and we'll talk.

Please send an email to

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We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented full-time Android developer to join our team.

What you will be doing:

As a key member, you will be immersed in the dynamic realm of a sophisticated, end-to-end-encrypted multimedia chat application that has evolved over the last 9 years. The application, written predominantly in Java, boasts a stack comprising various complex libraries and tools, including the NDK, SQLCipher, WebRTC, Jitsi, XMPP, and OpenCV. Your primary focus will be enhancing the application by introducing new features, modernizing the existing codebase, and ensuring top-notch performance and security.

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with the development team to design, implement, and maintain features for our secure chat application.

- Integrate and work with native libraries using Android SDK and NDK, improving the app's performance and capabilities.

- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues promptly to ensure a seamless user experience.

Qualifications:

- 3-4 years of hands-on experience in developing native Android applications using Java.

- Strong understanding and experience with core Android frameworks and libraries.

- Self-motivated and proactive mindset, with the capability to manage tasks independently and deliver high-quality results.

Knowledge or experience with any of the following is a big plus:

- Experience working with Android NDK for integrating native code (C/C++) into Android applications.

- Familiarity with encryption libraries such as SQLCipher and Olm for secure communication.

- Knowledge of XMPP for real-time communication and experience with related libraries.

- Experience with multimedia handling and processing using libraries such as WebRTC, OpenCV, and FFmpeg.

If you're interested, please send a CV to

new StringBuilder("ta.snimativ-latigid@ha").reverse().toString();

or

new StringBuilder("moc.pawtsr1@nannah.ludba").reverse().toString();

How did I know I would see this message before clicking "Sign up to try"?

If I type "london" and hit return, I end up on the unfiltered "Latest" page.

You can't seriously believe this. It's quite obvious that the TikTok debacle is mostly a protectionist measure for Facebook & Google who are looking to get their money's worth for their lobby.

Here's a breakdown of what happens technically when you request images and I aim for more diverse representations:

1. Your Original Prompt: Your initial input was "Please draw a portrait of leprechauns". This is what you see and the starting point of the interaction.

2. My Internal Prompt Modification: To expand the range of images, I internally adjust the prompt in a few ways:

• Keywords: I might add words like "diverse," "inclusive," or specify ethnicities ("South Asian," "Black," etc.), and genders ("female," "non-binary") alongside the word "leprechaun."

• Phrasing: Instead of just "portrait," I might use "portraits of a variety of leprechauns" to signal to the image generation model that multiple depictions are desired.

3. Image Generation: The modified prompt is fed into the image generation model.

This internal model has been trained on a massive dataset of images and text, including images representing multiple ethnicities and genders associated with[..]

[0] https://twitter.com/BasedTorba/status/1760486551627182337

One consequence of these ghost touches would be inputting the wrong PIN which will initially lock the device for one minute, so I don't see what's strange about that.

Which messages, specifically, are you referring to with "exact time & date" and "same timestamp"? I skimmed through them but nothing of sort stood out.

I've implemented E2EE in group chats using Olm/Megolm and it's not easy to scale and comes with a ton of limitations.

If I was running Snapchat, I wouldn't see the point in dedicating that many resources and infrastructure to it.

1. The /feds/ broke Snapschat's end to end encryption and they're monitoring for all traffic with designated stopwords, or...

2. One of his friends reported him, one way or another, or..

3. Snapchat's end to end encryption is... not. I can't find any definitive statement that the chat messages themselves are E2EE, only that photos and videos are encrypted and the key is exchanged between users[1]. This means that Snapchat can monitor for text messages or decrypt uploaded attachments when necessary, since they have access to the message that contains the key for the attachment.

Most likely Snapchat's E2EE is just a facade, they probably have a dictionary of "funny" words on the device (and/or the server) and automatically flags the message in the internal systems when certain stopwords are being used.

[1] https://nordvpn.com/blog/is-snapchat-safe/

Well then you're in luck, because there's a free app called Hidden Bar[1] on the Mac App Store that allows you to hide icons which you're not interested in.

I am not affiliated with the author(s?), I am just a happy user and I would probably be using it even if the Macbook didn't have a notch.

[1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hidden-bar/id1452453066?mt=12

On the contrary, the existence of nuclear weapons makes significant conflicts between large nations less likely, as both fear nuclear escalation.

Just a year ago, Chinese and Indian soldiers engaged in a free-for-all melee at the border using nothing but sticks and stones. Both are nuclear states, and they feared an escalation to a proper armed conflict if actual weapons were involved. Pakistan and India, also both nuclear states, have a localized conflict in Kashmir that has been ongoing for decades. However, neither state dares to fully commit to a decisive military intervention there. If Russia didn't possess nuclear weapons, it's not unimaginable to think that the US would have intervened directly in Ukraine, maybe even with boots on the ground. The US and Russia have been in conflict for the last 70ish years through proxy wars, yet neither has thought of pushing the big red button.

I believe that nuclear weapons, terrible as they are, bring about peace to a certain extent, as long as rational actors are involved. Nobody wants to die in a fiery ball of plasma.

"You recovered... uh... everything?"

I made the mistake of recommending it and setting it up for my 10 person team earlier this year and it has only been constant headaches.

Reporting bugs to GitHub is especially frustrating because the devs will just discard them, regardless of how well documented and reproducible they are. There was a mess with its Postgres connection pool where it would quickly run out of available slots if you used Collabora, the Google Docs clone, the devs rejected the bug reports without a second thought although there were many users who reported the problem.

This last hour I've been fighting it trying to reset a user's password, it says that it "cannot decrypt the recovery key".

I check whether the recovery key is enabled for that user, it says "Recovery key is not enabled".

I check whether encryption is enabled, it reports it as "false".

It's by far the flakiest piece of software I've used in 2023.

I have no connection to the project, I just like it.

I've been using Swift since its inception, it's been years since I've been able to pause execution at a certain breakpoint and do "po object" and get something back that is not an error.

What if Jetbrains decides overnight "you know what? this whole Compose Multiplatform is taking up too many of our resources, we're going to retire it at the end of this quarter"?