Proxygen v5.0 is now available for Mac and iOS. It is the biggest update yet, including:

🔬 Redesigned Test tool with scripting, test assertions and variable extraction.

📝 Environment variables that are extracted from responses and inserted using {{var}} syntax.

🌎 Sitemap for quick filtering of message history.

🎨 Many new editor color themes!

The app now also has a lower price point and is 50% off for a limited time.

https://proxygen.app

We are just getting started.
#swiftlang #appkit #macdev #iosdev

Two papers came out last week that suggest classical asymmetric cryptography might indeed be broken by quantum computers in just a few years.

That means we need to ship post-quantum crypto now, with the tools we have: ML-KEM and ML-DSA. I didn't think PQ auth was so urgent until recently.

https://words.filippo.io/crqc-timeline/

Back in June, I saw a pre-print paper from Google about which APIs Malicious/Ad SDKs use on Android to fingerprint and track users. This made me want to respond with an article about how Apple is much better at privacy but I ended up writing an article about the iOS equivalents for fingerprinting users.

https://paradisefacade.com/blog/2026/3/9/how-to-fingerprint-users

“I wanted the blue checkmark on LinkedIn. The one that says “this person is real.” In a sea of fake recruiters, bot accounts, and AI-generated headshots, it seemed like a smart thing to do.

So I tapped “verify.” I scanned my passport. I took a selfie. Three minutes later — done. Badge acquired. I felt a tiny dopamine hit of legitimacy.

Then I did what apparently nobody does. I went and read the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not LinkedIn’s. The other company’s”

https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

Die Debatte um ein Mindestalter für Social Media geht am Problem vorbei: die Gefahren hören ja nicht mit 16 oder 18 auf - ganz im Gegenteil.

Der Vergleich zum Glücksspiel ist treffender, als diejenigen ahnen, die ihn verwenden:
* zutiefst korruptes Geschäftsmodell
* große Schäden für die Gesellschaft
* Mindestalter LEGITIMIERT das Geschäftsmodell und seine Opfer sind „selbst schuld.“
So wird der Missstand zementiert, statt an der Wurzel eliminiert.

https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/phoenix-der-tag/gefahren-von-social-media-gro-e-probleme-auch-fur-erwachsene/ard/Y3JpZDovL3Bob2VuaXguZGUvNTE3NDY4NA