sneak @sneak@sneak.berlin

CHASE BANK CUSTOMERS, BE ADVISED:

You have only until 16 Jan 2025 to call Chase at +1-800-935-9935 and opt out of mandatory binding arbitration. Their terms addendum states that this is the deadline and the *only* recognized way of opting out is via a phone call. You have to talk to a rep, it's not in the menu system. Do it for all your accounts to preserve your ability to sue them.

hahahaha after all that bullshit mudslinging...

"I, for one, welcome our new cybernetic totalitarian overlords."

the canada/mexico iphone i bought (because i need a sim card slot) doesn't speak the 5g bands used in the usa. if i get the one that speaks the 5g bands in the usa, i can't use my german sim card because those don't have sim slots. cool.

so when you pair airpods to a mac, the mac immediately contacts 'gateway.icloud.com' from 'searchpartyuseragent'. i screenshotted this connection dialog.

i was viewing the screenshot in finder quick view preview. my first thought: thisisfine.jpg

arbitrary kernel code exec vuln.... on your monitor.

how do we stop this ride i want to get off

apparent apple software update (13.1 -> 13.2 on M1) phoning home (xp.apple.com is telemetry AFAIK) admittedly via private relay (to obscure client ip) but this is happening with analytics OFF.

twitter blue is not available if your phone number carrier is protected by hardware 2FA, only if you use a phone number from a mobile carrier that lets you get sim swapped.

new battlestation configuration is making some progress