Fuck It Friday (FIF)! Sporadic news and commentary of no interest to anyone ... FIF! On-line privacy and security is the primary focus of this edition. Yes, this is Fuck It Friday!
The recent fretting over security and privacy for the iPhone 16 Pro and iPad Pro M4 has been “much ado about nothing.” Take on-line tracking, for example. There are only a small number of approved Web sites that are perused daily. Only the technology “blogs” have advertisements (which are blocked) and a high number of trackers (also blocked). So, tracking is a moot issue. And, consequently, the use of a VPN is really no longer necessary. Fuck it!
As far as on-line security is concerned, both the iPhone and iPad have all security and privacy options enabled. End of story. The only real concern was the dreadful leak of personal data on the “Dark Web” because of data breaches as detailed previously in Notes. The necessary mitigations were invoked. Unfortunately, constant vigilance is still required. Fuck it!
The iPad will be one year in personal possession on May 19th. Its warranty will also expire on that day. The device has only gone through eight full charge cycles so far. The iPhone is currently at 57 full charge cycles since its acquisition in January. The iPad is obviously not deployed much. Thus, its divestiture is always in question. Fuck it!
The latest version of Visible+ has been more than adequate. However, even with unlimited prioritized cellular data, total data usage has been low as predicted (about 23GB with one week left in the billing cycle). Cellular usage statistics on the iPhone will be disabled subsequently. Fuck it!
The routine remains nauseatingly the same. Yeah, same ol’ shit. Notes posts are becoming less frequent as a result. In addition, the measures taken to block search engines has paid off. Visitors to Notes has declined drastically. Fuck it!
The daily late afternoon outings to the International Marketplace continues unabated. However, the experience can only be described as excruciatingly boring. One hour of loitering there with myriad idiotic tourists is almost too much for the sanity. Of course, vegetating in the mausoleum at the “old folks home” in Waikiki is worse. Fuck it!
The strange antics of “Orange Bad Man” and his administration do not cease to boggle the mind. The Ukraine “negotiations” ended in failure as expected. The Iran “negotiations” will see the same result. Nothing else need be mentioned … this is Fuck It Friday. So, fuck it!
Miscellany: The DuckDuckGo browser on the iPad Pro M4 was uninstalled. Safari functions properly using personal hotspot.
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