Posts by misterfusion

Reddit users discover iOS malware threat

The article incorrectly cites the file "Unfold.dylib" as the culprit. That is a legitimate file of the Cydia application called "Unfold". The offending file is "Unflod.dylib".

Apple iWatch due in October 2014, to wirelessly charge from one metre away – report

Health risks?

Possible health risks from the transmitter come to mind, and indeed the press release contains the following:

"To prevent the controversy over health risks, the Korea Electronics Technology Institute is planning to use the avoidance technology. KETI said, 'As there is a controversy over health risks, we are thinking of blocking electric power if a person approaches or making electricity flow on the wall.'"

That would be rather incompatible with charging it on one's wrist.

Fanbois rejoice: iPhone 5, iPad Mini finally jailbroken

Best advice: wait a few days before trying the jailbreak

The onslaught of eager jailbreakers is overwhelming the Cydia app repositories, judging by the many error messages being received by people already jailbroken who enter Cydia. This means there is a significant significant danger of failed jailbreaks. Many failed or glitchy jailbreaks are being reported on sites like jailbreakqa.com. Time heals all glitchy jailbreak exploits, so you are better off trying later in the week when the crush has subsided and the evasi0n coders have had a chance to tweak away any glitches.

Schneier says he was 'probably wrong' on masked passwords

Provide show-password option as a checkbox

Some websites offer a checkbox to control showing or hiding user ID input. An example is ingdirect.com. Hiding input by default, but having a checkbox to allow showing it, basically solves the problem.