Step 1: Buy an Android phone Step 2: Run one of the numerous CIQ detection apps Step 3: If found, install an AOSP ROM like CM7
Yes, much simpler than turning off a single option in the iPhone's preferences (after you've turned it on because it's off by default). Or don't turn it off because you can see what it sends in clear text and it doesn't log anything except diagnostic information.
You jest, but it's only a matter of time before someone is killed in an accident and the at fault driver was on a phone and manslaughter or homicide charges are brought up.
A quick Google search shows me that this has indeed already occured, but I don't see any results related to guilty verdicts.
A guy I work with has been compromised twice: Once on his work PC visiting Drudge Report. The other was on his home PC while he was... err... never mind. Let's just say he's only been compromised once from a non-adult website and leave it at that.
The only way to square this circle is to remove the dichotomy altogether. Paradoxically, the only way we can be sure that others aren't abusing our private data is through transparency, which requires less, not more, privacy. In the end, the best we can hope for is a kind of neo-Victorianism, in which we are more willing to accept polite behaviour at face value and overlook all but the more egregious failings. Ultimately, we will have to learn to accept that we are all no better than we should be.
I have no faith whatsoever that American society will be able to accomplish this. The Protestant ethic of probity and respect has long since been extinguished in favour of a mix of fundamentalist, moralistic witch-hunts and ugly prurience.
Wow. Someone's getting mileage out of their Word a Day calendar.
Wow. Not true and debunked. You may certainly go to MacRumors to start a FUD war, but please have more respect for (what used to be) a technical forum.
That applies to all smart phones, not just Android.
Nope.
The carriers are worse, so if you bought a phone with a carrier bundle, you've got all kinds of crap on there you likely don't want. The base OS of the phone doesn't really matter - Android, iOS, BlackberryOS etc. all have crap added to them that you'd probably rather not have.
Would you clarify what AT&T added to my iPhone that I'd rather not have?
The IPhone comes with a pile of junk on it too, which you can't remove. Furthermore, Apple have admitted they've been using Carrier IQ, which was obfuscated from detection.
Finally, the iPhones are the only phones you can root by merely going to a website. Now that is utterly pathetic!
I'm not sure why I'm bothering, but what junk are you referring to? You may not want a magnetic compass or a calculator but I wouldn't classify it as junk. Put it in a folder off your home screen and I doubt it uses more disk any song that's not innagadadavida.
The iPhone's diagnostic data is not obfuscated. It's plain text and available/viewable from the menu. It never recorded keystrokes.
True about the website and many people see that as a benefit. Downloading and running an app to root is so 1990.
It's only operational on the iPhone 4 if you opt into it. It's already been disabled on all other phones and will be removed in a later version of iOS6.
I wonder if its possible to become so invisible that you really do get forgotten about -- the guy who exists on the payroll DB, gets a paycheck, but doesn't exist otherwise.
Then they take your stapler, move you to the basement, and fix the glitch.
No, it does not. Recognition depends on your Manager, not your coworkers. If your Manager doesn't know what you're doing it is a failure of their management style. Between e-mail and chat and group chat and telephones and everyone working in their own cubes, working remotely doesn't have to make much difference at all. But you do avoid the walk-ups and shoulder taps which I don't miss. I've worked remotely for almost a year now. Working outside of the office distractions can allow you to be very productive.
iTunes requires a horribly bloated app installed on your computer and clunky syncing of music between said computer and your iOS device. Google music needs none of this (with the exception of a small app to upload your music you already have to the cloud).
It's not really a comparison you can make. iTunes does more than upload music into the cloud so I'm not sure how you arrived at "bloated". I'd list everything it could do but I'd sound like a cheerleader and I'm not sure it would make a difference. I'll just leave it at it's a dessert topping and a floor wax.
I'm really not sure that I want to be flying on an airline whose chief can't tell the difference between a private hotel room and an airplane with dozens of other people sitting right next to you.
I install and use Windows 7. What's a Bing Bar? I've never seen it, but I assume you're talking about Windows Live Essentials that is a separate and optional download.
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I agree. They created a new definition to fit this scenario. They are calling it a "cold shutdown condition".
http://nukespeak.org/2011/12/08/fukushimas-cold-shutdown-condition/
Step 1: Buy an Android phone
Step 2: Run one of the numerous CIQ detection apps
Step 3: If found, install an AOSP ROM like CM7
Yes, much simpler than turning off a single option in the iPhone's preferences (after you've turned it on because it's off by default). Or don't turn it off because you can see what it sends in clear text and it doesn't log anything except diagnostic information.
You jest, but it's only a matter of time before someone is killed in an accident and the at fault driver was on a phone and manslaughter or homicide charges are brought up.
A quick Google search shows me that this has indeed already occured, but I don't see any results related to guilty verdicts.
Texting driver gets 3-year prison term, but no charges if the driver dies.
If you are dynamic IP, that is why. In addition,
There. Fixed that for ya.
If you upload pr0n to Internet, make sure I can see it...
Ah, you misspelled Internet.
I've taken the liberty of making the correction on your behalf.
I think that was the correction he was talking about.
Sorry, it still wasn't right.
A guy I work with has been compromised twice: Once on his work PC visiting Drudge Report. The other was on his home PC while he was... err... never mind. Let's just say he's only been compromised once from a non-adult website and leave it at that.
The Windows experience has proven that no publicly networked device can be safe from threats.
Ah, Slashdot. You never fail to disappoint.
Carrier IQ is installed on every iPhone device, stock, or carrier shipped.
And it is disabled by default, not supported in iOS5, and will be removed in a future iOS5 update.
The only way to square this circle is to remove the dichotomy altogether. Paradoxically, the only way we can be sure that others aren't abusing our private data is through transparency, which requires less, not more, privacy. In the end, the best we can hope for is a kind of neo-Victorianism, in which we are more willing to accept polite behaviour at face value and overlook all but the more egregious failings. Ultimately, we will have to learn to accept that we are all no better than we should be.
I have no faith whatsoever that American society will be able to accomplish this. The Protestant ethic of probity and respect has long since been extinguished in favour of a mix of fundamentalist, moralistic witch-hunts and ugly prurience.
Wow. Someone's getting mileage out of their Word a Day calendar.
One AC calling another an idiot. I'd say the score is tied.
Wow. Not true and debunked. You may certainly go to MacRumors to start a FUD war, but please have more respect for (what used to be) a technical forum.
That applies to all smart phones, not just Android.
Nope.
The carriers are worse, so if you bought a phone with a carrier bundle, you've got all kinds of crap on there you likely don't want. The base OS of the phone doesn't really matter - Android, iOS, BlackberryOS etc. all have crap added to them that you'd probably rather not have.
Would you clarify what AT&T added to my iPhone that I'd rather not have?
Yeah, but the classics never go out of style.
The IPhone comes with a pile of junk on it too, which you can't remove. Furthermore, Apple have admitted they've been using Carrier IQ, which was obfuscated from detection.
Finally, the iPhones are the only phones you can root by merely going to a website. Now that is utterly pathetic!
I'm not sure why I'm bothering, but what junk are you referring to? You may not want a magnetic compass or a calculator but I wouldn't classify it as junk. Put it in a folder off your home screen and I doubt it uses more disk any song that's not innagadadavida.
The iPhone's diagnostic data is not obfuscated. It's plain text and available/viewable from the menu. It never recorded keystrokes.
True about the website and many people see that as a benefit. Downloading and running an app to root is so 1990.
Crap. In a later version of iOS5.
It's only operational on the iPhone 4 if you opt into it. It's already been disabled on all other phones and will be removed in a later version of iOS6.
I telecommute and live 4 miles from the office so I go in when there is free lunch, beers, or t-shirts. :)
I wonder if its possible to become so invisible that you really do get forgotten about -- the guy who exists on the payroll DB, gets a paycheck, but doesn't exist otherwise.
Then they take your stapler, move you to the basement, and fix the glitch.
No, it does not. Recognition depends on your Manager, not your coworkers. If your Manager doesn't know what you're doing it is a failure of their management style. Between e-mail and chat and group chat and telephones and everyone working in their own cubes, working remotely doesn't have to make much difference at all. But you do avoid the walk-ups and shoulder taps which I don't miss. I've worked remotely for almost a year now. Working outside of the office distractions can allow you to be very productive.
I'd tell you but the 70's are kind of foggy...
Mic check!
iTunes requires a horribly bloated app installed on your computer and clunky syncing of music between said computer and your iOS device.
Google music needs none of this (with the exception of a small app to upload your music you already have to the cloud).
It's not really a comparison you can make. iTunes does more than upload music into the cloud so I'm not sure how you arrived at "bloated". I'd list everything it could do but I'd sound like a cheerleader and I'm not sure it would make a difference. I'll just leave it at it's a dessert topping and a floor wax.
I'm really not sure that I want to be flying on an airline whose chief can't tell the difference between a private hotel room and an airplane with dozens of other people sitting right next to you.
Hey! It's a mistake anyone can make.
- Paul Reubens
*whew* I thought that was going to be a 4chan reference.
I install and use Windows 7. What's a Bing Bar? I've never seen it, but I assume you're talking about Windows Live Essentials that is a separate and optional download.