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Apple must open iPhone to alternative app stores in Australia starting March 1, 2027, after Epic Games ruling

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I didn't know about the DVD region thing. I once worked in retail (Dick Smith Electronics), and we sold region-4 locked DVD players. However, our POS had region unlock instructions in the product description, which I would print and attach to each and every sale.

I'm swear there's still carrier-locked phones at OfficeJerks. Just the pre-paids.

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Australia's nuclear agency targeted with ads linked to spyware that infect devices without a click

I keep telling the IT people at work...

They've installed enpoint protection that reduces my PC performance by 70%.

They've got so much auth that most things are 4FA.

Services on a virtual desktop through a VPN still need have HTTPS.

The ACLs are so tight that I have to wait weeks on a ticket to make two PCs communicate in the same room.

Session timeouts are so short that I spend half my day reauthenticating with stuff.

Then they don't block ads. Every time I've seen an infected machine, the attack vector has been an ad. It's the only security measure that makes life better for the users, and they don't do it.