Gaby

I find it very suspicious that the US government is involving itself in this case and am curious what their reasoning will be when they inevitably have to answer this very question. My guess is that various espionage agencies have approached or are actively working with correllium regarding "security research" on defeating Apple devices. God only knows what other nefarious things are going on behind closed doors, but it's all very suss. 

As for the excerpt from Corellium's statement - "This litigation presents an existential threat to an open and healthy security research community not only for Apple products but for consumer devices in general"- anyone with half a brain would call serious bullshit. How does it present a threat to open and healthy research in general? When iOS is not open source code, and functions only on purpose built first party hardware. Designed by and for Apple. Which renders that argument moot. And it's not like the case will set any sort of precedent so if that's the best their legal counsel can muster they should be sacked. Moreover justifiable and honest security research can be done the same way it has always been done up to now, so its not like Corellium offers anything that we are at a disadvantage without. It simply makes life easier for black hats and sketchy individuals to hack iOS and monetise their "work" The simple fact is this iOS is Apple IP. And when you work with anything closed source like this or with anything in fact owned by someone else you accept their terms beforehand. App developers have to accept a user/dev agreement prior to any work and Apple is very exacting in what they do and do not allow. The same applies here. Whether you agree or not with their rules or you think they assert too much control is besides the point. If you don't like it, simple; go elsewhere. But you cannot then complain because the loophole you thought you found gets you into trouble. More and more I find people today to be extraordinarily entitled. It is a very unpleasant trait.

macgyvergoh said:

thanx_al said:

I am on 2C54 and I would oddly have one Pod at a low volume and another at a higher volume until adjusting. They could also be a pain to get to connect. 2D15 can't come soon enough for me. 

Mine on 2C54 left pod can’t receive feed.... already 3 months can’t send for ‘service’ due to lockdown... hope 2D15 can cure the ‘disease’...

@thanx_al ;

The NHS have proven time and again that they cannot be trusted with peoples' data, not that they're alone in this, granted. From my own extensive and unfortunate experience they cannot even be trusted with their core mission of managing ones health. Moreover, the fact that this has been developed in concert with GCHQ should really set alarm bells ringing. I'd also like to know how they plan to get around bluetooth regulations on iOS if they're not opting for Apple's solution. They must be circumventing security features somehow if so, either that or they have come up with something rather clever because it shouldn't be feasible. Either way I have no intention of using it, and I doubt they'll get anywhere near 60% of the population to either, And I'd urge others to give serious thought prior to signing up as well. The British government should be bloody ashamed of the shambles they have made of this extremely difficult time so far. And for the huge loss of life for which they're mostly culpable. If this were a just world, Certain individuals would serve serious jail time because frankly it is absolutely criminal! And like others have said, a single decentralised solution would be much more effective and would allow for more timely deployment - when one considers that between Apple and Google they control the entire smartphone market. And thinking into the future when travel restrictions are relaxed it also would allow for cross border monitoring which will be essential. Politics should not come into it when lives are at stake, and given the choice I'm sure that the general population would rather the decentralised approach that has minimal opportunity for abuse. And the conservative regime have the audacity to keep droning on with the latest mantra telling the public to "stay home, protect the NHS, save lives" 
B**locks! 

@AppleInsider
Guys you made a mistake: in fact the A12X has 7 GPU cores, whereas the A12Z has 8. 

lkrupp said:

libertyforall said:

So take away legal fiction “1st amendment protections” for corporations, if they pull these stunts!  We The People are the masters, not faceless corporate.  

Governments also should never sell our data without opt-in.

In your dreams. Face reality. Freedom is not free. To replace the revenue from selling our data the ISPs will simply raise their rates to compensate. I don't think I want the government to take over and operate ISPs or any other enterprise. 

I just don't understand the U.S.A. It's so backward for a country to have so little regulation and protection of its' citizens. I mean "people" have been replaced with "consumers" and the only ones afforded any protections are rich fat cats and corporations. I get 120MB/s fibre optic and I pay the equivalent of $16 USD. And my data is not sold to anybody, so the argument that your businesses must either charge you exorbitant fees or violate your rights as an individual to turn a profit is horse shit. I wouldn't live there even if It were the last refuge on earth. And 95% of the population have been so brainwashed by propaganda they just accept all the things that go on, and even fervently support a lot of the backward policies. I truly feel sorry for you guys.