cy_starkman

so basically the only group not able to hack and retrieve data from an iPhone is the US Gov.

i am all for the end of criminal activities being hidden behind encryption and other forms of locks and walls.

end all encryption, passcodes, passwords, offline computers, locks on doors - for everyone, every company, every government.

nope - it only applies to the little individual citizen... those dirty little pieces of trash, the ones who are criminals.

wow, amazing what being the global king of spam can achieve - supported by destroying markets, selling hate, violence, scams, malware, rape and the sexualisation of children.

yah for google, who never had to give a dollar back for being caught out making billons from the grotesque and sick.

citpeks said:

photography guy said:

The FBI and DOJ have no grounds for harassing Apple to build backdoors or cripple their security strategies if they (FBI/DOJ) can use third party entities to break into someone's iPhone. This is actually a good thing, in that it motivates Apple's security and privacy team to build iteratively more robust security into their devices.

Like the case in Southern California, this isn't about the facts behind the investigation.  This is a dog and pony show put on for the stupid and gullible (including members of Congress), with the hope that it will somehow lead to a legal precedent or some sort of legislation.

This. Only this.

The Gov only use cases which they can spin up as terrorism to keep the people frothing, fearful and crying for what master tells them to say.

some fella helping his brother out and going to jail because is not useful, so you let it go.

there is no actual governing going on anymore.. it is just a cycle of negligence, polarising, fear making and then taking things away followed by more negligence.

parties, sides, candidates - meaningless.

javacowboy said:

The fact is Windows isn't the train wreck it used to be, and is closing the gap with macOS (in many ways deficient but still good enough for all intents and purposes).

Linux distros are getting better and more polished.

On the other hand, macOS has largely stood still (dark mode and some solid but unexciting security features).

The very best pro PC laptops such as the XPS (2020 keyboard layout notwithstanding) and ThinkPad X1 Carbon are compelling offers.

Apple may still offer the very best premium experience for its mobile devices, but I sense a lack of will on the part of the company to keep up with the ultra-competitive PC industry.

while what you say won’t be popular - it has truth in it.

there are some very fine windows laptops available, good builds, ports and even by some miracle trackpads.

windows 10 is fine really and in some respects is being updated faster, as it is now dealt with more “app” like; apple still treats macos as a monolithic build that can only change once a year.

the 16” is a bit compelling, finally. and apple’s seamless and excellent apple id and icloud work, with files, photos, notes, hand off and all the integrated things really stomps windows - but people can’t easily know that and you have to set it up well and be all in with an Apple Watch and iPhone etc and pay for iCloud and Music/Match... and it is useless for companies

Apple is really wedded to its products and services being for a singular person.