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holyone said:

chaicka said:

Germany was one of the countries which started an encryption race a decade or longer ago. German firms were using 4096-bit encryption even for firms' WAN traffic that goes across borders.

What a reversal change in direction now

You know the problem isn't that governments are calling for access to encryption right now, the problem is when a massive heatwranching terror event happens at some point in the future and in the descending panic,rage and unfathomed emotional distress people are manipulated into an irrational dessision that will not be very easy to reverse.

I think tech companies like Apple should actively be seeking a global legislative resolution that will finalize the issue now and forevermore and insure that no matter what happens in the future no matter what horrors await that declarations made now can never be reversed or abandoned.

Bad decisions are easy to make when under duress

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act

Most governments are elected. If that's the case and governments are able to get away with manipulating people into making irrational decisions, that's the people's fault for being uninformed. There is no way Apple can seek some kind of a global legislative solution that can never be reversed or abandoned. As long as enough people say, "I have nothing to hide," we run the risk of being manipulated into handing over our rights. 

In the wake of the FBI's attempt to get Apple build what would have been tantamount to a backdoor, I saw comment after comment on news stories calling Apple a supporter of terrorism. I saw comment after comment calling for Tim Cook to be jailed for every crime ranging from contempt of court to obstruction of justice and even all they way up to treason. If American citizens don't know their own Constitution enough for it to be obvious that Tim Cook committed no crimes by having Apple appeal the court order, least of all treason, then it should come as no surprise that the government has time and time again gotten away with manipulating the populace into making irrational decisions in the wake of terror attacks.

The good news is that in the recent news stories coming out regarding the encryption fight, there are fewer comments in support of the government's position. This is an encouraging sign. It's a sign that the populace realizes the encryption has far more uses than keeping the government out of our information, which is an important function. 

robbyx said:

rogifan_old said:

Is there anything under Eddy that isn't? An article just came out about merchants not signing on to Pay. Apple took for granted that merchants would just sign on and they haven't. Whole Foods is the only merchant that has Pay in every one of its stores. I love it but I've got maybe 2 or 3 stores where I can use it. And they're all grocery stores.

http://www.pymnts.com/news/2016/apple-pays-merchant-problem/

I honestly cannot understand how Eddy still has a job. Everything he manages is problematic in one way or another. Cloud services are unreliable. App stores are a mess and still don't offer obvious features like upgrade pricing. iAd has been weak since day one. He's utterly incompetent yet Forstall was squeezed out so that every exec could be a technically illiterate marketing wonk. 

I don't get the hero worship of Forstall. Perhaps it plays into the narrative that people are hoping plays out with Apple. Tim Cook is the next John Sculley who will lead Apple to the brink of bankruptcy. Scott Forstall who is seen as the heir apparent of Jobs will be the one to swoop in and save the day. His first move will be to fire Tim Cook the chief bozo and all the other bozos. 

If the rumors are to be believed, the picture about Forstall is not very good. There are rumors that he was known to take credit for successes even though he may not have had any part in it. He was also rumored to blame others for failures, even if he had a hand in those failures. He was also rumored to be extremely political. I think that the allure surrounding Forstall comes from these kinds of qualities. Steve Jobs was a great CEO but questionable human being. I believe that people are looking at that and thinking that such qualities are a prerequisite for the CEO of Apple. 

In case people are forgetting, iAd was started while Steve Jobs was CEO. With the kinds of restrictions on it, iAd was pretty much doomed from the day one. If it was the restrictions that were getting in the way, then it doesn't matter who is sitting in Eddy Cue's chair. The result is going to be the same. 

As for Apple Pay, I read the article. I don't see anything criticizing how Apple implemented the service itself. The problems with Apple Pay don't appear to be peculiar to Apple Pay. The problems mentioned in the article are issues that would hinder any mobile payments solution. 

sog35 said:

rob53 said:

It might be early but Apple might as well put its critical marbles on the table in the beginning. Since user data is something lots of companies want to have because it can be worth more money in both the short and long term than the actual product they're selling, Apple needs to be up front and demand that user's data is not subject to compromise and certainly not for sale. I want, no I DEMAND, that Apple protect all my data and not let anyone else have access to it. I don't want ads showing up on my auto informational screen, I only want information about the operation of my car and, if my iPhone is plugged in via CarPlay, what I choose to see and access via my iPhone. I just saw an ad for a small car that touted it has the most electronics of anything in its size. I don't want a lot of unnecessary electronics in my car, I want it to run well and not have issues every time there's a stinking computer problem. Keep it simple, make it economical and green to run, and have almost no maintenance. That's my ideal car.

Agree with this.

Car maintenance is such a pain in the azz.  Belts, hoses, hot oils running, literal exposions in the engine, ect.  Its a miracle that car companies have figured out how to make ICE run 100,000+ miles.  With an electric car there is no oil changes, brakes last 2x longer, no belts, exhaust systems, muffllers, ect.  

Theoretically an electric car should only be in the shop once a year to rotate the tires. And I bet there is a way to make rotating the tires a thing of the past also with software. No more waiting at the shop for the tech to figure out why your car won't start. With electric cars the car itself will tell you whats wrong. 

Sorry to disappoint you but your pie in the sky is just that-a pie in the sky. A car has moving parts, whether it's electric or gas-powered. There's still a drive shaft, transmission, tires, brakes, etc. I don't know where you're getting this idea that brakes last 2x longer just because a car is an electric car. With moving parts comes wear and tear. That's just the way it is. You can make things last longer but you won't be able to make them last forever. For example, drive over a road filled with potholes and you're going to ruin your wheel alignment. There's a trip to the mechanic. 

I cannot imagine how software is going to "make rotating tires a thing of the past." People rotate their tires because after driving for a certain number of miles, the tires wear out. Instead of buying four brand-new tires, people get new tires for the wheels that are part of the drivetrain and move the worn out tires to the other two tires, e.g. if the car is front-wheel drive, people buy new tires for the two front wheels and move the worn out tires to the back. Rotating tires is due to mechanical wear and tear. There's no getting around that, unless one eliminates friction somehow.