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  • Most US Cabinet Departments have bought Cellebrite iPhone hacking tool

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    13485 said:
    lavanderfields said:
    I have no trouble with government being able to unlock and examine phones.
    But, it needs to follow the same procedures established centuries ago for unlocking and examining one's home or office.

    I find it highly unlikely that all these agencies are doing that.
    Or, possibly, this has nothing to do with searching a phone and instead is being used by IT departments to unlock phones after their user left the organization and the phone was returned to the IT dept -- or the user simply forgot the passcode and IT has unlock it for them?
    I don’t think the government should have this power. Just as I don’t think the police should be allowed to go into your house without getting your permission, like in the case of a no knock warrant. I would also argue that you might have a little too much faith in the government if you think they’re not using the phone to unlock criminals phones. Not to mention the government loves wasting money. 
    For the essay portion of your test:

    If you don't think governments should have this power, should for-profit corporations have this power? Compare and contrast.
    Further, are you saying a suspect should be able to destroy evidence, rape, kill or conduct any criminal activities as long as he/she doesn't answer the doorbell (PS To prevent this is why they have "exigent circumstances" in certain cases to allow law enforcement to enter a a building without announcing their presence)

    Good points.
    Yes, "no knock warrants" are sometimes necessary. 
    The problem comes in when they are abused.  When police are at war with the people they are paid to protect.  When they barge into a home in the middle of the night looking for a petty criminal on a hunch and then gun down somebody sleeping on a coach because they feel threatened.  That ain't democracy at work there.

    We like to equate democracy with 'the rule of law'.   From its very beginnings, American history is filled, with examples of the law being used by extremists at all levels of government to subvert the rights of the people.  That isn't democracy.

    Democracy is not some magic thing that always works.   It takes work, hard work.  Hard work by people with integrity willing and able to fight for the principles it is based on -- not just using it or its laws to further their agendas or personal beliefs and prejudices.

    In the case I sited above, every person involved needs to, at the very minimum, lose their position in that government.  For democracy to work, it and the values and principles it is based, on has to be defended at all levels every day.  We don't have an autocrat to tell us right from wrong -- it's up to us.  "Democracy" (in quotes) won't save us.

    You can't have a democracy in name only.
    DAalseth

  • Most US Cabinet Departments have bought Cellebrite iPhone hacking tool

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    I have no trouble with government being able to unlock and examine phones.
    But, it needs to follow the same procedures established centuries ago for unlocking and examining one's home or office.

    I find it highly unlikely that all these agencies are doing that.
    Or, possibly, this has nothing to do with searching a phone and instead is being used by IT departments to unlock phones after their user left the organization and the phone was returned to the IT dept -- or the user simply forgot the passcode and IT has unlock it for them?
    cornchipbyronl

  • News Corp expands Apple News licensing deal

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    lkrupp said:
    bonobob said:
    "There is no doubt that Tim Cook and Eddy Cue have a visceral, enlightened understanding of the importance of professional journalism and we greatly appreciate their personal and corporate commitment," Thomson continued.
    Professional journalism?  From the owners of Fox "News"?  More like professional propaganda and disinformation.
    Just like CNN and MSNBC. And that’s a fact.
    No, even though they are the most biased of mainstream media, they don't sell fear, hate, anger and disinformation 24x7. 

    The old "They all do it" argument is getting kind of worn.
    jony0

  • Amazon in talks to purchase fitness equipment producer Peloton

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    MplsP said:
    Please, no! I love our peloton but Amazon is the devil and I refuse to do business with them. 

    It actually would make sense for Apple to purchase or partner with peloton. Part of Apple's business model and strength is high end hardware with a seamless hardware and software integration. Peloton equipment could easily fit in with that model. Of course the peloton tablets all run Android so they'd have some fixing up to do...

    But Amazon needs to know how much you sweat so they know what to sell you:  soap, deodorant, work out clothes, a yoga mat....
    watto_cobra

  • Maid's iPad central to busting Bloomberg kidnap suspect

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    It's becoming a very dangerous place out there for anybody rich, famous or on the wrong side of the political spectrum.  It's filled with nut jobs and radicals carrying AR15s and automatic pistols who make up and follow their own laws.  They see themselves as a one-man army -- and essentially they are.
    jahbladepayeco