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9secondkox2 said:

The government does illegal things to spy on its own people…

is this news? 

You have to wonder how many “vulnerabilities” are just purpose built back doors until they’re “discovered” and patched only for the revolving door to slip another one in at the same time. 

No, I don't. I'm not a member of the tin-foil hat crowd.

Companies like Apple have no vested interest in allowing back doors.

There is enough open source software incorporated in modern devices that agencies can find and take advantage vulnerabilities. Sneaking one in would require the open source community to be complicit or blind.

Also, this report has nothing to do with back doors in the devices being tracked. It was commercially sourced from cell companies.

jamnap said:

Twinkly has been offering these light sets for the past three years.  Have been very happy with our sets all still working fine (3 years outside exposed, several themes to choose from and controlled by Home App or Twinkly App).  Customer support from Italy has been superb.

Similar light sets, not "these light sets".

Naonleaf costs less and has Matter if that matters to you.

Twinkly has more lighting styles and length options. Their app looks pretty awesome.

6502 said:

soundsinmotion said:

I swear some thieves are so dumb, they always get caught in the end.

How do you know? We only hear about the ones that got caught not the thousands that didn't.

By your logic, why do you think it's thousands?  You've never heard of them!

eriamjh said:

What sane person is paying more than retail for an iPhone?  iPhones have unlimited supply averaged over time.  There’s no shortage.  Anyone who can wait, will wait.  

So I don’t understand this “bot scalper” model without the scalpees.   

Don't bots still have to pay for the phones or are all the payment methods stolen and faked? 

Color me skeptical that this is happening.  

You also need to consider where the scalper is selling the phones. This could be Russia, Africa, or any number of other regions where the 15 series isn't available yet, or the iPhone isn't sold at all.

jdgaz said:

Now I completely understand why England left the EU. 

The con by Nigel Farage and his buddies? In the UK today Brexit is widely considered to be a failure. Even Nigel has said that.