ericthehalfbee

So much misinformation here.

iCloud data is encrypted. Apple holds the keys so they can decrypt the data. To say Apple doesn’t store your data in an encrypted format is a straight up lie.

Apple uses various servers for iCloud (Google and Amazon for sure, their own servers and I think S3 as well). Apple splits your files into chunks and encrypts them before they are stored on third party servers. The encryption keys are held by Apple so a bad actor working for Google has no ability to get to your data. Further, file chunks are stored without identifying information. Only Apple knows who they belong to.

Several services do in fact support end-to-end encryption. iMessages, payment information, home & health data, Siri, Keychain, WiFi passwords.

Most popular cloud services don’t have end-to-end encryption and those companies can access your data when served a warrant. This includes Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive and DropBox. Given this, why is Apple being singled out when everyone else does the same thing? Oh right, because Apple.

There are third party software solutions that let you add E2E to popular cloud providers (like Google Drive). The problem with these is that if you ever lose your password/key then your data is permanently gone. There’s no way to recover encrypted data if you lose your password. This makes E2E very risky for many users as there’s a very real risk of forever losing your data. This is likely just as important a reason for Apple not to enable this as they’d be faced with God only knows how many upset customers upon finding their data is gone because they misplaced their password.

If you want a secure encrypted backup
of your device than use iTunes to make a local backup to your PC/Mac. iOS also gives you the option of what services you want to use iCloud for. You’re not locked into iCloud and you’re in full control of what data gets stored where.

I know for a fact that electric radiator cooling fans in newer automobiles use the concept of random blades to help with noise.

Mike Wuerthele said:

netmage said:

That explanation is interesting but doesn’t explain how the same screen protector unlocked her friend’s phone. 

Sure it does. Her friend's finger oil is on the fingerprint sensing area on her phone. After applying the screen protector, it too is entombed.

Terrible comparison and this why using numbers off a spec sheet is meaningless (though the Android fans love spec sheets).

For starters, no Android device display can touch the iPhone because Android has a horrible version of color management. Nobody can render content anywhere nearly as accurate as the iPhone. As to pixel count, both are so high nobody could ever tell the difference.

The brightness spec is wrong. You can measure peak brightness in a small area of the screen or over the entire screen. Bottom line is the iPhone has the brighter screen and Samsung is playing with numbers when they quote 1,200 nits.

Cameras? Try to record a video and switch between cameras during the video. The Note 10 often stutters and has to refocus when changing. The iPhone does this seamlessly.

Just a couple obvious examples.

So my guess is this is a Snapdragon 8cx derivative with an added AI core.

Still can't keep up with the A12X from last year, and the A13X is right around the corner. I really would like to see an A13X powered MacBook. It's time for Apple to take their complete control of the entire stack (hardware/software/dev tools) and apply that to an ARM MacBook.