But Apple isn't the one being accused, so no need for Congressional hearings. They only do that when Apple is involved.
Exactly.
"you can't prove it, so we must be innocent" seems to be the argument. The FBI really ought to know better.
I think Congress will call whomever they like to call... and the FBI is trying to say... 'it's not us!!!! Look someplace else!!!!'
Thus the guilt by association (who would have UDIDs? why? If not the FBI/NSA/Carnivore sort of action... then who... oh, Apple made the darn things... and who knows what get's shipped up with 'Find my iPhone' or an Apple App Store purchase... that's plausible... it must have been Apple who was breached!!!!!")
But yes, the fact that the FBI are just lawyers with badges and guns, makes me think that when they said "this information was not off of one of our laptops" it could have been on a flash drive, or a mainframe account, or a google doc, or hell, a floppy drive in and FBI person's personal car... But the 'accusation' isn't true, therefore they can deny it.
"The FBI is aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple UDIDs was exposed," the statement read. "At this time there is no evidence indicating that an FBI laptop was compromised or that the FBI either sought or obtained this data."
Meaning, you can't prove we did it, so we aren't admitting anything yet.
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I honestly trust Hackers more then my own government. Anyone who believes there government's is truthful and honest is a joke.
God Bless the "TV" America's good ol propaganda machine. For only $298 + cable subscription you can brainwash all the people you want
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Originally Posted by mstone
That's a lot of iPhones!
that's 1/12th of the harvest... 12 Million phones/pads UDIDs were 'reportedly' absconded with.
Really am I the only one who thinks that the FBI doesn't have to ask for any information.
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Originally Posted by jragosta
But Apple isn't the one being accused, so no need for Congressional hearings. They only do that when Apple is involved.
Exactly.
"you can't prove it, so we must be innocent" seems to be the argument. The FBI really ought to know better.
I think Congress will call whomever they like to call... and the FBI is trying to say... 'it's not us!!!! Look someplace else!!!!'
Thus the guilt by association (who would have UDIDs? why? If not the FBI/NSA/Carnivore sort of action... then who... oh, Apple made the darn things... and who knows what get's shipped up with 'Find my iPhone' or an Apple App Store purchase... that's plausible... it must have been Apple who was breached!!!!!")
But yes, the fact that the FBI are just lawyers with badges and guns, makes me think that when they said "this information was not off of one of our laptops" it could have been on a flash drive, or a mainframe account, or a google doc, or hell, a floppy drive in and FBI person's personal car... But the 'accusation' isn't true, therefore they can deny it.
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Originally Posted by alansky
The FBI also denies that it has ever owned any laptops. Any evidence to the contrary has obviously been falsified by "evildoers".
they lease ;-)
Originally Posted by kyle172
I honestly trust Hackers more then my own government. Anyone who believes there government's is truthful and honest is a joke.
God Bless the "TV" America's good ol propaganda machine. For only $298 + cable subscription you can brainwash all the people you want
You're right. It's disgraceful. Something MUST be done.
A la carte programming, Apple. Do it! We're paying WAY too much for TV!
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Originally Posted by TheOtherGeoff
that's 1/12th of the harvest... 12 Million phones/pads UDIDs were 'reportedly' absconded with.
Sorry I was sarcastically referring to the typo which has since been fixed.
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider
"The FBI is aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple UDIDs was exposed," the statement read. "At this time there is no evidence indicating that an FBI laptop was compromised or that the FBI either sought or obtained this data."
Meaning, you can't prove we did it, so we aren't admitting anything yet.
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Originally Posted by techno
Meaning, you can't prove we did it, so we aren't admitting anything yet.
Exactly. Nothing more, nothing less.
Wait. Is the FBI making a non-denial denial?
Hackers: "We stole these from an FBI computer"
FBI: "You didn't steal that"
Hackers: "Yes we did"
FBI: "We never had that"
Apple: "We didn't give that"
Consumers: "You are all idiots"
Originally Posted by icoco3
Hackers: "We stole these from an FBI computer"
FBI: "You didn't steal that"
Hackers: "Yes we did"
FBI: "We never had that"
Apple: "We didn't give that"
Consumers: "You are all idiots"
"Who's on first?"
"UDIDs on hard drives."
This statement is absolutely ridiculous...
You can't buy an 80" television for $298.
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Originally Posted by AbsoluteDesignz
and who the hell is he?
He's "any site" as in,
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Originally Posted by AbsoluteDesignz
Interesting...I didn't see any site [...] suggest that they did...
Sooner bet this has more to do with one of the following:
1) Attempt at stock manipulation.
2) Android/Samsung fan with some hacked UDID info trying to throw cold water on iPhone 5.
There are a bunch of conspiracy theorists on Reddit that would disagree :-P
Originally Posted by UltraSPARC
There are a bunch of conspiracy theorists on Reddit that would disagree :-P
Because that's certainly a bastion of accuracy.