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  • iPhone 14 will get complete redesign and lose mini model in 2022

    bbhbbh
    I still can’t find any realistic rationale, even 5G, for replacing my iPhone X/256, especially since I replaced the battery. I use the camera for generic snapshots, like most everyone else. Give me a reason,  please !
    mobirdjahblade

  • iOS 15 picking up fewer upgraders two days after launch than iOS 14 did

    bbhbbh
    I wonder how many people (not me, BTW...) are holding off because they still have some lingering doubt about CSAM ?
    muthuk_vanalingamelijahgbaconstang

  • Compared: iPad mini 6 versus iPad mini 5

    bbhbbh
    I find my Mini5 freezing up a lot. I only have to move in and out of the app that is "frozen", but it happens a lot. I'm hoping the better processor in the M6 solves that problem. Plus, the $225 trade in ( Mini 5/256/Cellular ) isn't bad either. And.... they make it soooo easy with 12 months interest free Apple Card (3% cash back) financing that instantly credits your trade in versus charging the entire amount and waiting for the refund from the trade in. Hooray for Apple. 
    watto_cobra

  • Bill Maher declares Apple CSAM tools a 'blatant constitutional breach'

    bbhbbh
    sflocal said:
    Am I missing something here?

    All the rhetoric about Apple installing spyware on iPhones is confusing me.  From everything I have read, Apple is only scanning cloud data.  If you store child-porn on your iPhone, nothing happens.  If you store it in iCloud, then that's where all this CSAM happens.  That is nothing different than what other cloud providers are doing.  Don't want your data scanned?  Don't put it on the servers of other companies.

    Have you ever placed your personal belongings in those storage garages?  I have.  Part of the rental agreement is that they can enter your storage locker/garage if they suspect something is going on in there.  Why hasn't anyone raised a stink about that?  The point is, if you don't want anyone sniffing around your stuff then keep it with you or in your house.  Don't store stuff elsewhere that others have access to.  Duh.

    Caramba....did you not read the previous 3 posts by me? Posts nbr 87,88,89. The scanning DOES NOT happen in the iCloud. It happens on your iPhone. That is different from "what other cloud providers are doing".  That's what all the complaining is about. 

    How can you be so confused about something so fundamental? 
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Bill Maher declares Apple CSAM tools a 'blatant constitutional breach'

    bbhbbh
    StrangeDays said:
    Heh Appleinsider writers. You are repeatedly characterizing this technology as just fine because of hashes. If you think it’s great, I guess that’s your opinion. However, other people have very different opinions. Such as—clever technology does not negate the fact that this is an invasion of privacy—like the comedian says, without probable cause. Believing the method makes that ok is ridiculous. You can be very polite while you break into someone’s home. You could even mostly close your eyes. But ,you are still breaking in. 
    Except they aren’t. You’re paying to use iCloud Photos, a commercial cloud service. They won’t let you store child porn on it. They scan the hash of the images prior to uploading to their commercial server. I see no problem with this. Don’t like it, don’t use iCloud Photos. 

    Google, Microsoft, Dropbox have done the same for years. Nobody allows images to be stored on their servers w/o scanning to ensure it isn't child porn. Microsoft has PhotoDNA, and Google has its own tools:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/photodna

    https://protectingchildren.google/intl/en/

    Where was your outrage?
    The problem is that even after you opt out of using iCloud Photo, the scanning software is still sitting there on your iPhone "awaiting orders". If one does not use iCloud Photo,WHY SHOULD HIS PHONE REMAIN BUGGED ?
    muthuk_vanalingam