sneak @sneak@sneak.berlin

apple OS updates still transmit your ECID (unchangable permanent hardware identifier) in port 80 cleartext http on EVERY OS UPDATE on m1/m2/t2 for device-specific boot tickets. this allows intel agencies to track approximate location of all m1/m2/t2 macs on each update as they see the client IP and unique identifier across the backbones. this has been reported to apple multiple times, and they disallow such PII transmission unencrypted in all apps on the app store, but the OS still does it.

i didn't know until today how amazing liza minnelli is

i really need to update my mastodon instance but it is a custom hacked single container deployment and it ain't broke yet

frantically (last day) same day delivery ordering stuff to maximally pack my suitcase before going home to germany tomorrow where amazon delivery is total trash and same day is an impossible dream

apple blocks 500px.com on internal apple store wi-fi so i can't look at my photography on the displays to see how they look :/

TIL the antivaxxers have switched to using the term "pureblood" to indicate unvaccinated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiten

https://www.howtogeek.com/710509/apples-imessage-is-secure...-unless-you-have-icloud-enabled/

pretty sure this is a more detailed write up of a few of my old HN comments, but i'm happy to see it regardless.

bluesky is full of mean people

garak supercut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRX-osSLoMU

https://youtu.be/w1GD_T-3oLU

https://youtu.be/Xm08nJ4opac

https://youtu.be/t85TVB2zsq0

one of my favorite youtube videos

how long until richie hawtin gets cancelled for naming a song Spastik

new page on my website:

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https://sneak.berlin/pages/questions/

please recommend fedi users for me to follow. @-tag me and also the user in question so i can click click click

i just emailed about a hundred friends to invite them to my birthday party.

i'm guessing that the majority of them (gmail users) will not see the email because of gmail's aggressive spam filtering.

centralized email systems are censorship.

retail banking in the united states is the single worst customer experience i have dealing with any business anywhere ever (with the only possible exception being emergency medical services in the united states)

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