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  • Disney returns working iPhone to owner, after two months underwater

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    avon b7 said:

    In fact, there was no guarantee that this particular phone would survive either and away from exceptional cases like this one, the impact on repairability or replacing is unnecessarily high IMO.
    Are you implying that case improved the iPhones water resistance? The same case that allowed sand to get between itself and the phone.

    "I was able to retrieve all of the pictures from our Disney Halloween night, and besides some sand in my case and a little algae on the cover, the phone seems no worse for the wear," she said, noting that the device was only protected by a thin silicone case.
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  • Camera quality shootout: iPhone 11 Pro versus the Galaxy S10

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    lkrupp said:
    Why do this, AppleInsider? It’s all subjective personal opinion. Those with a bias against Apple will of course deem the Samsung superior. Those with a bias against Samsung will deem the iPhone superior. There is no such thing as objectivity here, none whatsoever, especially with low resolution uploaded photos on a website. To me this sort of comparison is nothing more than stirring the pot. There will be NO agreement... EVER.
    Look again at the last photograph, the fence post, or the Jeep and tell me again "it’s all subjective personal opinion". Both of them have so much more detail that there is no comparison. The iPhone is superior.
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  • Developer of BlueMail sues Apple over 'Sign in with Apple,' App Store 'monopoly'

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    foljs said:
    Well, if you have a patented technology, and a company infringes on it implementing something with the same mechanism, then that "person/group" is right.
    Just because this developer has a patent doesn't mean he is the original inventor of the concept, it just means the US Patent Office rubber stamps stuff knowing that if it there is a previously granted duplicate patent or prior art it will be sorted out in court.
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  • Massachusetts judge granted warrant to unlock suspects iPhone with Touch ID

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    Johan42 said:
    And the best way to get off the hook for a crime you didn’t commit is to show them everything you got.
    Ah, I see, guilty until proven innocent.
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  • Court rules man must be given access to husband's iCloud photos

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    rob53 said:
    clexman said:
    rob53 said:
    We’re talking about family so why wouldn’t each of them have written down essential account information and stored them in a safe? If they had the surviving spouse would have been able to access the deceased Apple ID.

    it’s not Apple’s responsibility to do this. Forcing Apple to do it sets a bad precedent for other types of access by police and others. 
    Considering that writing passwords down is not recommended, it doesn't seem that not having them written down is surprising. My wife forgets her passwords all the time and has to reset them. I don't remember all of them.
    Actually, writing down and protecting your Apple ID password is recommended. Apple no longer retains any way to recover that password so it makes sense to save it somehow. Put it in a safe or safety deposit box. Just don’t write it on a sticky and put it on the back of your keyboard. 
    Recommended by whom? I don't have a clue what my password is for my Apple ID. 1Password remembers it for me. If your not using a password manager and you can remember more than a couple passwords, you either have an abnormally great memory, you use a password "system" that can be reverse engineered, or your passwords are terrible.
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