A guy with a camera taking pictures is going to raise suspicions and possibly break stalking laws (of children) depending which state or country it is.
So your supposed to deny yourself the joy of private personal photo's on your mobile device just because Apple refuses to implement a encryption option?
Come on!
Have you ever gotten sh*tfaced drunk, took some embarrassing or misinterpreted pictures you later regret?
Wouldn't it be nice to know that nobody at Apple, or hackers, or the cops could see those pictures?
With a auto-encryption option turned on, all pictures uploaded to MobileMe would be encrypted.
People are people, one size doesn't fit all.
Why not just keep 'private' pictures on your iPhone (synced with iPhoto if you want)?
Why would you want to upload them to the cloud in the first place?
Why not just keep 'private' pictures on your iPhone (synced with iPhoto if you want)?
Why would you want to upload them to the cloud in the first place?
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So your supposed to deny yourself the joy of private personal photos on your mobile device just because Apple refuses to implement a encryption option?
Why not just keep 'private' pictures on your iPhone (synced with iPhoto if you want)?
Why would you want to upload them to the cloud in the first place?
Well because the trend is to automatically have nearly everything on the "cloud" (even programs) because this allows less storage and computing power on the device itself resulting in a less expensive, cooler and smaller device, which would appeal to more people.
The trend is also applying to laptops, which now comes with it's own hardware privacy option (don't let anyone touch your machine). But as more and more of our stuff gets uploaded to and ran on the "cloud", privacy and security issues raise their head. Thus why we need a integrated encryption option.
I've been playing with the Gallery a lot this past week and just thinking about having this utility. But the dumb thing (at least dumb by Apple standards) is why keep it separate from the Photos app? MobileMe Mail is included with the iPhone Mail app; MobileMe Calendar is included with the iPhone Calendar app. And there's a separate iDisk app too. Seems very clumsy by Apple's standards.
Apple also regrets not buying Flickr. Seriously, Apple is sitting on billions. Buy Twitter now or regret it forever.
Those guys think they have invented something that can't be replicated, so they are demanding a ridiculous price. Twitter turned down $500 million from Facebook. That works out to about $140 per user. The latest valuation going around just hit $1 Billion, which is $250 per user. It's out of hand.
Those guys think they have invented something that can't be replicated, so they are demanding a ridiculous price. Twitter turned down $500 million from Facebook. That works out to about $140 per user. The latest valuation going around just hit $1 Billion, which is $250 per user. It's out of hand.
More users increase the denominator, and lowers the quotient. The key point is that price matters most to Apple. They refused to get into a pissing match with Google over Admob.
Well because the trend is to automatically have nearly everything on the "cloud" (even programs) because this allows less storage and computing power on the device itself resulting in a less expensive, cooler and smaller device, which would appeal to more people.
The trend is also applying to laptops, which now comes with it's own hardware privacy option (don't let anyone touch your machine). But as more and more of our stuff gets uploaded to and ran on the "cloud", privacy and security issues raise their head. Thus why we need a integrated encryption option.
Password protection doesn't cut it.
It seems that you feel there is a strong demand for such a service. One that is worthy of you investing your own time and money into and capture the market. I say quite wasting your time on this board and start building your new application and associated service.
Apple (and most other photo hosts) disagree with you. Or at the very least, do not see the high demand that you see.
It seems that you feel there is a strong demand for such a service. One that is worthy of you investing your own time and money into and capture the market. I say quite wasting your time on this board and start building your new application and associated service.
Apple (and most other photo hosts) disagree with you. Or at the very least, do not see the high demand that you see.
First off Apple only allows one app at a time to run on the iPhone, Apple controls the MobileMe app and MobileMe servers, so the change has to come from Apple.
Second, one can upload a encrypted photos to photo hosting services and encrypted files to file hosting services.
Third, Google, because of the attack on emails of Chinese human rights folks, has just enabled HTTPS as standard to access Gmail. It's not full encryption of the emails, just the secure communication between their servers and the users device. So it's a start.
The best option would be to integrate encryption all the time, instead of waiting for something bad to happen.
And Fourth, the demand for encryption will increase the more and more devices switch their content storage and processing to the "cloud". Apple should jump out ahead and set the standard now, it would be good PR.
Right, but at the beach either I or others are around to keep the perverts at bay. A guy with a camera taking pictures is going to raise suspicions and possibly break stalking laws (of children) depending which state or country it is.
Now without encryption on MobileMe as a option, any pictures (even password protected) are nearly public domain and can be altered into illegal pictures.
That's just one example of concern people have and why a encryption option should be available.
Give it a rest. Encrypt your photos first, then send them to your MobileMe Gallery. Problem solved.
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A guy with a camera taking pictures is going to raise suspicions and possibly break stalking laws (of children) depending which state or country it is.
You clearly haven't seen much of the internet.
So your supposed to deny yourself the joy of private personal photo's on your mobile device just because Apple refuses to implement a encryption option?
Come on!
Have you ever gotten sh*tfaced drunk, took some embarrassing or misinterpreted pictures you later regret?
Wouldn't it be nice to know that nobody at Apple, or hackers, or the cops could see those pictures?
With a auto-encryption option turned on, all pictures uploaded to MobileMe would be encrypted.
People are people, one size doesn't fit all.
Why not just keep 'private' pictures on your iPhone (synced with iPhoto if you want)?
Why would you want to upload them to the cloud in the first place?
Why not just keep 'private' pictures on your iPhone (synced with iPhoto if you want)?
Why would you want to upload them to the cloud in the first place?
So your supposed to deny yourself the joy of private personal photos on your mobile device just because Apple refuses to implement a encryption option?
It's the joy, man . . . the joy!
LOL
Why not just keep 'private' pictures on your iPhone (synced with iPhoto if you want)?
Why would you want to upload them to the cloud in the first place?
Well because the trend is to automatically have nearly everything on the "cloud" (even programs) because this allows less storage and computing power on the device itself resulting in a less expensive, cooler and smaller device, which would appeal to more people.
The trend is also applying to laptops, which now comes with it's own hardware privacy option (don't let anyone touch your machine). But as more and more of our stuff gets uploaded to and ran on the "cloud", privacy and security issues raise their head. Thus why we need a integrated encryption option.
Password protection doesn't cut it.
Apple also regrets not buying Flickr. Seriously, Apple is sitting on billions. Buy Twitter now or regret it forever.
Those guys think they have invented something that can't be replicated, so they are demanding a ridiculous price. Twitter turned down $500 million from Facebook. That works out to about $140 per user. The latest valuation going around just hit $1 Billion, which is $250 per user. It's out of hand.
Those guys think they have invented something that can't be replicated, so they are demanding a ridiculous price. Twitter turned down $500 million from Facebook. That works out to about $140 per user. The latest valuation going around just hit $1 Billion, which is $250 per user. It's out of hand.
$500 million / x = $140
$1 Billion / x = $250
x != x
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$500 million / x = $140
$1 Billion / x = $250
x != x
?
More users increase the denominator, and lowers the quotient. The key point is that price matters most to Apple. They refused to get into a pissing match with Google over Admob.
Well because the trend is to automatically have nearly everything on the "cloud" (even programs) because this allows less storage and computing power on the device itself resulting in a less expensive, cooler and smaller device, which would appeal to more people.
The trend is also applying to laptops, which now comes with it's own hardware privacy option (don't let anyone touch your machine). But as more and more of our stuff gets uploaded to and ran on the "cloud", privacy and security issues raise their head. Thus why we need a integrated encryption option.
Password protection doesn't cut it.
It seems that you feel there is a strong demand for such a service. One that is worthy of you investing your own time and money into and capture the market. I say quite wasting your time on this board and start building your new application and associated service.
Apple (and most other photo hosts) disagree with you. Or at the very least, do not see the high demand that you see.
It seems that you feel there is a strong demand for such a service. One that is worthy of you investing your own time and money into and capture the market. I say quite wasting your time on this board and start building your new application and associated service.
Apple (and most other photo hosts) disagree with you. Or at the very least, do not see the high demand that you see.
First off Apple only allows one app at a time to run on the iPhone, Apple controls the MobileMe app and MobileMe servers, so the change has to come from Apple.
Second, one can upload a encrypted photos to photo hosting services and encrypted files to file hosting services.
Third, Google, because of the attack on emails of Chinese human rights folks, has just enabled HTTPS as standard to access Gmail. It's not full encryption of the emails, just the secure communication between their servers and the users device. So it's a start.
The best option would be to integrate encryption all the time, instead of waiting for something bad to happen.
And Fourth, the demand for encryption will increase the more and more devices switch their content storage and processing to the "cloud". Apple should jump out ahead and set the standard now, it would be good PR.
Right, but at the beach either I or others are around to keep the perverts at bay. A guy with a camera taking pictures is going to raise suspicions and possibly break stalking laws (of children) depending which state or country it is.
Now without encryption on MobileMe as a option, any pictures (even password protected) are nearly public domain and can be altered into illegal pictures.
That's just one example of concern people have and why a encryption option should be available.
Give it a rest. Encrypt your photos first, then send them to your MobileMe Gallery. Problem solved.
Give it a rest. Encrypt your photos first, then send them to your MobileMe Gallery. Problem solved.
But what about convenience?, that has to come along with it.
I can't bother with manually encrypting and decrypting private photo's just to view them on my iPhone.
I want to know that on Apple MobileMe servers the files are encrypted, when I download them to view they will be automatically decrypted for viewing.
A seamless process that can only be done by Apple as they control the app and MobileMe.
With iPhone OS 3.0, MobileMe users were given the "Find My iPhone feature, which can be used to remotely pinpoint a lost or stolen phone.
[ View this article at AppleInsider.com ]
This is what we really need an app for!
Long time reader, first time poster. Thanks for having me. I have a question:Is Techstud now mactripper?
Mactripper=the new techstud
Admins, please take out the garbage.
Those guys think they have invented something that can't be replicated, so they are demanding a ridiculous price.
Twitter never demanded anything, they just refused to be bought. There's a large difference.