Even if that's the cause, religion is still the enabler. You're probably less likely to want to kill yourself for a cause if you don't believe in an afterlife.
So if Apple is forced to give its private keys to the FBI....
The FBI is not asking for the private key. They're asking Apple to write a custom version of iOS that has the 10-try passcode limit removed and can accept passcodes a via the lightning connector so the FBI can rapidly brute-force-crack the phone.
Even so, it still lets the camel's nose into the tent.
Google, yes; Apple, no. In case you hadn't realized it, Apple is in the hardware business. Google is in the advertising business. Everything they do is to further advertising. Everything.
At 20, C++ is a great skills [sic]. At 50, C++ is out of date.
This falls under YMMV. I suppose there's a chance you might be right since I'm only 48 now, but I've been working at a C++ shop and was hired two years ago. It's one of the best jobs I've ever had.
We've also been trying to hire for a while now. I interview so many candidates that can't write a C++ 101-level implementation of an assignment operator that does a deep copy. Many claim "expert" C++ knowledge on their resumes too.
Except it would be assisting ONLY with suppressing the anti-brute-force measures and NOT with the actual decryption as you stated. If the phone is protected by an alphanumeric passphrase instead of an ordinary PIN, it would still take the FBI a while to brute-force it.
If most school districts can't pay teachers decent salaries, they presumably can't pay market rate for good sysadmins, so they have to take what they can get.
If you bothered to read any of the news articles, Apple currently doesn't have that capability. What the FBI is asking for is to update iOS on the phone with a custom version that removes the time delay between unsuccessful passcode attempts, the 10-try limit before wiping the phone, and a way to enter passcodes via the lightning connector rather than the keypad --- all of this so the FBI can brute-force unlock the phone.
At the time, Verizon's trade-in program was pretty good. I got a new iPhone 6 trading-in a 4s and my new phone only cost me about $100. I think they gave me what I would have gotten for the 4s on eBay (at best) and without having to take the time to meet the prospective buyer, demo the phone (to prove that it works), etc. My time is also valuable.
Texas Instruments had the TI-99/4A that has that dubious "sidecar" extension bus:
The TI-99/4's original expansion concept was that peripherals would be connected serially to the console and each other, in a "daisy-chain" fashion. The "sidecar" expansion units can be connected together in a continuing chain, but can rapidly occupy an entire desktop and cause crashes...
"AT&T Bell Laboratories" was split into two pieces: "Bell Labs" (no "AT&T," as that part went to Lucent Technologies that later combined with Alcatel and later still with Nokia) and "AT&T Labs" (no "Bell," and that part stayed with AT&T, obviously).
I've tried Sprint twice in my life separated by at least a decade. Both times, service was terrible. The most recent time, Sprint was literally an order of magnitude slower than Verizon at downloading while standing on Market Street in the middle of downtown San Francisco. (No, I don't work for Verizon.)
Yes, a matte screen used to be a BTO option, but said option hasn't been available for at least couple of years. Jobs was enamored with glossy screens. I was hoping, with Tim Cook taking over Apple and giving users what they want (e.g., larger iPhones that also reversed a Jobs' decree of smaller iPhones), that the matte option would come back, but so far it hasn't.
It's the same reason && is better than "AND" in C syntax derivatives.
Given that C has shorthands like ++, I've always wondered why K&R chose && for logical-and and & for bitwise-and. If it were the other way around, you'd save having to write the second & most of the time since one tends to write far more logical-and expressions than bitwise-and expressions.
If Apple really wants to shake things up, they need to build their own cellular network with 100 GB or 200 GB data caps. Sprint looks like a good candidate to buy in the U.S. given its current financial situation.
Please, not Sprint. I tried them briefly in San Francisco. Standing on Market Street, I barely got 1 Mbps. I went back to Verizon and got an order of magnitude better.
If Gravity is nothing more than a curvature of spacetime and objects moving through it fowls "straight" lines, then why do people still also say that gravity is a force? Or try to unify it with the other forces? Or tat it can be quantized?
But what incentive does everyone have to use that fork?
Remaining un-fined and/or un-imprisoned is a pretty good incentive. If you're a tech company and you continue to use the now-illegal encryption without the back-door in your products, you will be fined, daily, until you comply and/or your CEO will be thrown in jail.
And if there's equipment failure (like there was at Fukishima caused by the earthquake and tsunami), it wouldn't have mattered if it was automated. Automated equipment can still fail (especially when it's exposed to sea water).
Which is why, if you're ever pulled over or believe you're about to be taken into custody, you power off your phone. At least an iPhone requires the pass code be used the first time before it allows your fingerprint to be used.
An even better fix would be to decouple Twitter the protocol from Twitter the company. Just like nobody owns e-mail, nobody should own Twitter the protocol. (I realize that it's not in Twitter-the-company's interest to do this.)
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Even if that's the cause, religion is still the enabler. You're probably less likely to want to kill yourself for a cause if you don't believe in an afterlife.
Here you go.
The new BART cars have already been ordered and are on their way. This was finalized a while ago.
The FBI is not asking for the private key. They're asking Apple to write a custom version of iOS that has the 10-try passcode limit removed and can accept passcodes a via the lightning connector so the FBI can rapidly brute-force-crack the phone.
Even so, it still lets the camel's nose into the tent.
Google, yes; Apple, no. In case you hadn't realized it, Apple is in the hardware business. Google is in the advertising business. Everything they do is to further advertising. Everything.
This falls under YMMV. I suppose there's a chance you might be right since I'm only 48 now, but I've been working at a C++ shop and was hired two years ago. It's one of the best jobs I've ever had.
We've also been trying to hire for a while now. I interview so many candidates that can't write a C++ 101-level implementation of an assignment operator that does a deep copy. Many claim "expert" C++ knowledge on their resumes too.
Except it would be assisting ONLY with suppressing the anti-brute-force measures and NOT with the actual decryption as you stated. If the phone is protected by an alphanumeric passphrase instead of an ordinary PIN, it would still take the FBI a while to brute-force it.
If most school districts can't pay teachers decent salaries, they presumably can't pay market rate for good sysadmins, so they have to take what they can get.
If you bothered to read any of the news articles, Apple currently doesn't have that capability. What the FBI is asking for is to update iOS on the phone with a custom version that removes the time delay between unsuccessful passcode attempts, the 10-try limit before wiping the phone, and a way to enter passcodes via the lightning connector rather than the keypad --- all of this so the FBI can brute-force unlock the phone.
At the time, Verizon's trade-in program was pretty good. I got a new iPhone 6 trading-in a 4s and my new phone only cost me about $100. I think they gave me what I would have gotten for the 4s on eBay (at best) and without having to take the time to meet the prospective buyer, demo the phone (to prove that it works), etc. My time is also valuable.
"AT&T Bell Laboratories" was split into two pieces: "Bell Labs" (no "AT&T," as that part went to Lucent Technologies that later combined with Alcatel and later still with Nokia) and "AT&T Labs" (no "Bell," and that part stayed with AT&T, obviously).
I've tried Sprint twice in my life separated by at least a decade. Both times, service was terrible. The most recent time, Sprint was literally an order of magnitude slower than Verizon at downloading while standing on Market Street in the middle of downtown San Francisco. (No, I don't work for Verizon.)
"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." -- Edsger Dijkstra
Yes, a matte screen used to be a BTO option, but said option hasn't been available for at least couple of years. Jobs was enamored with glossy screens. I was hoping, with Tim Cook taking over Apple and giving users what they want (e.g., larger iPhones that also reversed a Jobs' decree of smaller iPhones), that the matte option would come back, but so far it hasn't.
If Lucas is complaining about not having control, then why did he sell Star Wars to Disney? (No, I'm not related to George, to my knowledge.)
Sounds like we should fix current high school then. High school's point is supposed to be making people ready for the world.
Given that C has shorthands like ++, I've always wondered why K&R chose && for logical-and and & for bitwise-and. If it were the other way around, you'd save having to write the second & most of the time since one tends to write far more logical-and expressions than bitwise-and expressions.
Please, not Sprint. I tried them briefly in San Francisco. Standing on Market Street, I barely got 1 Mbps. I went back to Verizon and got an order of magnitude better.
iOS updates are free. iOS 8 is supported on devices going back to the iPhone 4S (which is now 4 generations old).
If Gravity is nothing more than a curvature of spacetime and objects moving through it fowls "straight" lines, then why do people still also say that gravity is a force? Or try to unify it with the other forces? Or tat it can be quantized?
Remaining un-fined and/or un-imprisoned is a pretty good incentive. If you're a tech company and you continue to use the now-illegal encryption without the back-door in your products, you will be fined, daily, until you comply and/or your CEO will be thrown in jail.
And if there's equipment failure (like there was at Fukishima caused by the earthquake and tsunami), it wouldn't have mattered if it was automated. Automated equipment can still fail (especially when it's exposed to sea water).
Which is why, if you're ever pulled over or believe you're about to be taken into custody, you power off your phone. At least an iPhone requires the pass code be used the first time before it allows your fingerprint to be used.
An even better fix would be to decouple Twitter the protocol from Twitter the company. Just like nobody owns e-mail, nobody should own Twitter the protocol. (I realize that it's not in Twitter-the-company's interest to do this.)