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  • Apple exec Eddy Cue talks future of TV at Vanity Fair event

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    bdkennedy said:
    For years we keep hearing about where Apple thinks TV is going. And here we are still waiting.
    It's a tough battle against the network elites who want to keep the content to themselves.  Apple is our best bet at changing this in the long term, with the support of customers - who ultimately influence every business decision.  Cable customers are feeding the beast against our interests.  Cable companies use the revenue and contracts to keep content providers from leaving, or diversifying.
    lolliver

  • New York Times to shut down app-based NYT Now news service

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    Weak demand or product?
    bigbaconstangbigpics

  • Black Lives Matter activists say FBI fight to break iPhone encryption threatens civil liberties

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    spacekid said:
    The Constitution allows searches with a warrant. The main discussion is that US law may not support the FBI request. If the FBI is allowed to wiretap a person's phone and put listening devices in their house with a warrant, what's the difference in getting access to their smart phone?
    They want ALL-ACCESS.  Thats the problem.  They don't want to go through the warrant process.  The proposed backdoor is serious risk for:
    • Hackers: Many who are far more talented than our government, would love to pick hack that backdoor, and will be successful.  Remember the 10 year silent hack of Nortel?  The severity of this was underplayed
    • Abuse of power: Eric Snowden testified about seeing employees digging through data of their peers and significant others.  These employees are human in various lifestyles and personal issues.  Temptation is strong when there's nobody watching the watcher.
    ronn