alt Hacker NewsOne of the things Apple's Lockdown mode does is disable previews of images or links that are sent to you.
It seems like the lesson is that you shouldn't be processing data sent to the device by random strangers without the user explicitly choosing to open the file or follow the link.
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jiggawatts • yesterday at 10:37 PM
Sorry, but that is an insanely defeatist attitude blended with a hint of blaming users for wanting features.
Image decoders are pure functions and all should have been rewritten as 100% safe Rust years ago.
Users need functionality.
It’s up to us to figure out how to provide that safely.
Saying to users they shouldn’t have those features isn’t sage advice, it’s admitting failure.
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That should be the default behavior, not a special lock down option that also disables other features.
Why can't they just make it like most email clients? No preview by default, give a banner with an option to explicitly allow a preview for that specific message or conversation?