seanismorris

I’m a Diablo (or clone) and Civilization kind of guy.  I can see a Diablo clone benefiting from a subscription model... but I’m not seeing anything from Apple that is remotely close to that.

I’m sure people will give it a try at 5$ but the content (I’ve seen) is directed at children...PG13 and under.

I’ve never understood why people spend money for a signature...

When you buy a painting, it’s signed by the artist to authenticate the painting.  

Someone paid $31K for an authenticated poster...

The “Cult of Steve Jobs” lives!

China’s Great Firewall works differently.  It’s main function is to block content, it also monitors users activity (where they go).  Apple complies with China’s requirement of storing data locally (EU requires the same).  We assume China is combing through the data. The regulations generally are there to protect the users.  For example, the US government could request Microsoft to hand over data on xyz.  If the data is stored in Europe, Europe would need to get involved... It’s a question of sovereignty.

What Kazakhstan is attempting to do is different.  The “man in the middle” attack is breaking the encryption on the flow of data.  As far as I know it’s unprecedented step by a government.  Apple (etc) wouldn’t allow China to do that either...

The US government is thought to be doing something similar to what China is doing.  They’re intercepting data for analysis, but not so much the routing of the traffic.  China might block access to Appeinsider.com directly (or Twitter, Facebook, new orgs, etc).  The US and EU would have to go though a legal process of getting the domain removed.  So when a user types in appleinsider.com the browser can’t find the appropriate server that hosts the website.  Users could still access the server directly by typing in the IP address (server location) until the ISP that controls the IP address removes it from their control.  China would just block the IP address directly, from being accessed from within China ...no muss no fuss.  China also controls the DNS servers accessible from with China.  When you try to access appleinsider.com they can sent you somewhere else entirely.

When the US requests weaker encryption it's closer to what Kazakhstan is doing.  It’s one thing to intercept the data, and another to read the encrypted data.  China, USA, etc. currently have a very difficult time reading encrypted data unless a flaw is found in the encryption algorithm/protocol. TLS is the protocol for a data in motion (traffic) and gets updated to fix issues and strengthen encryption.  Your browser (Safari) says only allow traffic if the TLS version is recent to protect the users.  If you are running and old browser version it might not know about the new TLS version putting you at risk.  

All the browsers have a trusted list.  Kazakhstan was forcing users to update that list with an certificate that created a backdoor to break the encryption.  No certificate = no internet, from within Kazakhstan unless you use a VPN to get outside of Kazakhstan’s control (local internet).  China can block VPN traffic by analyzing the flow of traffic.  VPN software can change things up to get past the blocking of traffic... it’s a wack-a-mole problem.  So, China’s regulations demands Apple remove VPN software on its App Store.  If Apple didn’t comply China would remove users access to the App Store.

This isn’t a “Apple likes China more than Kazakhstan issue” it has to comply with local regulations to operate in China (just like anywhere else). What Kazakhstan was attempting was a security issue, essentially breaking the internet, and putting the users at risk.

AppleExposed said:

rogifan_new said:

ElCapitan said:

What a fall!

Working for the most valuable company in the world is a fall?

Heck yeah. A company that sells office software and can't innovate outside of Apples ideas.

Maybe he'll work of Cortana? lol

Microsoft currently has better AR than Apple...

Cortana was a flop, but is being repurposed....

Microsoft has a business focus, so you don’t see much of their innovation...

On the consumer side... we’ll have to see what the next Xbox looks like.  

Consoles look “long in the tooth” and are struggling, we should see a new version soon.

Stasior is a “what is Apple working on?” hire by Microsoft.

Siri is something that touches everything at Apple... AR, Cars, TVs, etc.  Stasior might not know the nitty gritty, but he knows the plans and status of everything.