sandor

jonagold said:

jkinsdca said:

I do not support Apple and these dumba@@ protestors. What if there was info on that phone that could prevent another attack.. one say at an apple store in san fran... do you think their tune would change? so stupid these idiots that have no concept of real life.. only the one that was spoon fed them by their parents who set no boundaries…

Unfortunately freedom isn't free…if it costs the lives of a few (or mine) it is well worth it.  Your comment is exact proof why terror is effective.  Bring down a country of 300M+ because 20 people died of gunshot wounds.  Why not go after tobacco, alcohol, driving, McDonald's french fries…I'll take the (non-existent) risk of terror any day if it means my iPhone is kept secure.

or go after the the perpetrators of the other 30,000 guns deaths every year in the US. 


I wouldn't let the FBI randomly search my house whenever they want to, so why would them search my computer or phone??

the security erase mechanism is comparable to Wall Street burning & shredding documents to avoid prosecution.
They get tens of billions of dollars in support for their misdeeds.

How can we possibly support the slippery slope to a dictatorial government with access to every personal detail of its ruled class???

apple ][ said:

...but I do not in any way, shape or form support the protesters, as I do not know them, and they're probably the same sorts of people that will protest other causes which frankly speaking, disgusts me. At least they don't seem to be violently inclined, they're not getting all up in people's faces, they're not blocking any traffic and their hygiene seems to be acceptable, so I'll give them props for that at least.

so you are against the citizens in a free society trying to make their voice heard?

i believe in freedom of speech.  

GoPro has a long history in what they do. Remember, there was a 35 mm GoPro video camera... But, even in the time since i bought my GoPro HD Hero in 2011 (for $240 on Amazon) the availability of video recording to the masses has been broken wide open. And, honestly, i have no need to upgrade because i can record 1080p, battery life is long enough & size isn't a big issue in my needs. In a larger market-wide change, no longer is GoPro the solution when you don't want the mass of a HandyCam or other camcorder (do people even recognize the term camcorder any more?!?) Rather, people who may have bought a GoPro prior are now content with the HD video their phone gives them. So the market shrinks. I do think GoPro is very late to the photographic/videographic drone arena, so Karma better blow everyone else out of the water. I'm talking waterproof, 30+ minute battery life, 4k video, tethering, obstacle avoidance route & shot planning and more - and keep it at $750 or under. Without this, i think they are looking at a continually decreasing core of users.

on the reverse side you have the Netherlands saying "no" to back doors:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35251429

However, it said allowing law enforcers to access protected data would make digital systems vulnerable to "criminals, terrorists and foreign intelligence services".

"This would have undesirable consequences for the security of information stored and communicated and the integrity of ICT systems, which are increasingly of importance for the functioning of the society," it added.

that is precisely why i don't want flaws to be built into systems.

there are far too many examples of government and business allowing citizens data to be hacked & stolen. we have no reason to trust them with data security. at all.

ewtheckman said:

macsimcon said:

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I'm not willing to pardon you for such willful inaccuracy. For example, the first Gulf War was not started by Republicans, it was started by Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait. And ISIS was formed in the power vacuum formed by Bush's removal of Saddam, & the failure of Western-backed governments post-war.

Fixed it for you.

Islamic State of Iraq & Syria (ISIS) has nothing to do with Libya. Its birth dates back to the late '90s (what a coincidence!)
Oil-family warmongering doesn't fix things in the longterm.