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  • Two reasons for me, but they’re mainly because of the MagSafe:

    1. In the car, I just plop my phone onto the charger, and it holds it and charges it.
    2. At home, I also use iOS 17 Beta, so I can use the StandBy.

    Of course it has its drawbacks, but this assumes that I need to use my phone all the time (no), I can’t spare even 5 minutes to not charge, or that I need to top up from 10% to 100% in 5 minutes for some reason, which I don’t. If I do, then sure, I use the cable. Through the past year, I needed to charge my phone through the cable maybe twice.




  • As an author of one Lemmy front-end, I can confirm that you are potentially sharing your username and password. Unfortunately, there is no way for Lemmy front-end developers to, say, open a web socket to Lemmy instance and have you login through a web browser (which would be much prefered from security standpoint, but it is what it is).

    Furthermore, from what I see, many of such front-ends store your password, instead of just the Bearer token. Unfortunately, from what I get, there is also no way of invalidating the Bearer tokens right now, so in the event of it getting stolen - you’re f***ed.

    Now, couple of tips:

    • USE 2FA AUTHENTICATION. In the event of malicious app actually stealing your credentials, you are at least a little bit more protected by this layer.
    • Use password manager - do not use your banking password, please.
    • Only use trusted front-ends, and in the even of an app, only download versions from official sources maintained by the app author.
    • Make sure the instance you’re registered at has a valid HTTPS certificate.