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  • Man pleads guilty in celebrity iCloud hacking case, admits to phishing scheme

    michael scripmichael scrip
    apple ][ said:

    I'm a huge celebrity, and I just got my own iCloud account.

    I was born in 1987, in Los Angeles, and my birthday is 5/22. My dog's name is Harry.

    Since I'm such a genius, I have chosen a great password for my iCloud account "Harry1987", that nobody will ever be able to guess, unless they have an internet connection, where plenty of private and personal details about myself are available all over the place.

    And if any hacker out there were to guess my extremely complex and secure password, then I will obviously blame it all on Apple.
    That's the thing... the hacker rarely has to guess your extremely complex password.

    By using various phishing attempts... YOU give them your password!

    And that's what is so scary about this stuff.  The users themselves are a big flaw. I know plenty of people who wouldn't question an email from Google if it asked them to type in their password.  Or an email from Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, etc.  People are gullible.

    Me?  Not so much.  I'm very careful... plus I use two-factor authentication on all my major accounts.

    But the average person can be easily tricked into giving away their password with no problem. And that's the biggest hole in security.
    jfc1138jbdragonsteveh

  • New 4-inch iPhone expected to add $5.5 billion in sales for Apple

    michael scripmichael scrip
    foggyhill said:
    "This stuff works" only applies until it doesn't. 

    If you're a Mac user... you can only buy hardware from Apple.  And based on the comment I replied to earlier... Apple doesn't always provide the hardware that the user is looking for.  

    Unhappy with Mac hardware choices?  Tough.  You must buy what Apple offers because there is no alternative.  Laptop components in the iMac that is supposed to be a desktop?  A Mac Pro that hasn't been updated in a couple years?  A Mac Mini that is so neutered that you wonder why it even exists?

    Those were just some of the complaints in the comment I replied to.  

    Mac users are limited to a single vendor.  And you must take what they give you... or else complain on a forum.

    And really... drivers and registries?  That sounds like an argument from a decade ago
    Oh, my I wish drivers and registries were a comment from a decade ago, and you;'re talking to someone who has used MS's crap since day one in the 1980s... And I'm still using it now... Windows 10 is a nightmare of upgrade Snafus, half of them being driver related, WIFI issues are innumerable. Had to hack the god damn registries to prevent the OS from resetting my defaults on half the upgrades!!! And yes, there are no other options, i've looked hard into that.
    Hmmmm... I guess I'm the one person who hasn't been bitten by Microsoft snafus :)

    Windows 10 on a custom-built desktop... and Windows 10 on a Toshiba laptop from 2014.  No problems with drivers, updates, WIFI, etc... and I only have to "hack" the registry if I want to.

    What driver-issues are you experiencing now?  Most everything is built-onto the motherboard.  Hell... I've got an ancient HP printer that works over the network with Windows 10.  Windows 7 and beyond seems to be compatible with most hardware.

    I honestly can't remember the last time I had to go hunt for a driver. :)
    6Sgoldfish

  • New 4-inch iPhone expected to add $5.5 billion in sales for Apple

    michael scripmichael scrip
    This is the danger of relying on a single vendor to provide everything: the software platform and the hardware.  

    Basically... if Apple doesn't make it... you can't have it.  That's a horrible way to live (or to run a business on)

    Hopefully Apple will have some good news for you soon.

     yeah, if by "horrible way to live" you mean "this stuff works and I don't have to worry about nonsense with drivers and registries". 
    "This stuff works" only applies until it doesn't. 

    If you're a Mac user... you can only buy hardware from Apple.  And based on the comment I replied to earlier... Apple doesn't always provide the hardware that the user is looking for.  

    Unhappy with Mac hardware choices?  Tough.  You must buy what Apple offers because there is no alternative.  Laptop components in the iMac that is supposed to be a desktop?  A Mac Pro that hasn't been updated in a couple years?  A Mac Mini that is so neutered that you wonder why it even exists?

    Those were just some of the complaints in the comment I replied to.  

    Mac users are limited to a single vendor.  And you must take what they give you... or else complain on a forum.

    And really... drivers and registries?  That sounds like an argument from a decade ago :)
    6Sgoldfish

  • New 4-inch iPhone expected to add $5.5 billion in sales for Apple

    michael scripmichael scrip
    Please. Games? No, what I do want is to run FCPX, After Effects and Nuke without being presented with more beach balls than a sunscreen commercial. You're spending top dollar to get mid-tier results and chassis' stuck in time in 2012. Intel had released the 5th generation processors when Apple refreshed the MacBook Pro last year, which would have allowed eg. 32 GB RAM. Instead, we got a new touchpad. Whoopty do. I’d also love to marry a new MacBook Pro with a 4K (or 5K) monitor. But Apple monitors haven’t seen a refresh in over 5 years. My 2011 iMac (which coincidentally was awesome for the occasional game on Bootcamp) needs a replacement , but I just can't get myself to spend 5K on a 5K iMac just to future-prove a glorious display with a laptop in its hump. Shall we talk about the Mac Pro? Or the Mac mini?
    This is the danger of relying on a single vendor to provide everything: the software platform and the hardware.  

    Basically... if Apple doesn't make it... you can't have it.  That's a horrible way to live (or to run a business on)

    Hopefully Apple will have some good news for you soon.
    6Sgoldfishai46

  • LeapFrog toy tablets out-jumped by Apple's iPad

    michael scripmichael scrip
    freshmaker said:
    I remember when VTech 900MHz cordless phones were a thing.  

    Of course this was in 1996 when I was living in a college dorm.  



     I had one of those as well.  Pretty awesome at the time lol.  :)
    Oh yes!  The range of 900MHz phones, at that time, was amazing.  I remember I could walk all over my dorm and still make and receive phone calls.

    I think that phone cost $100.  Definitely a high price for a cordless phone.  But so worth it.
    freshmaker