The iOS devices have been cracked wide open at least 10 times, and there is (not public just yet) an untethered iOS 6 jailbreak.
As far as I know, the true shining example of digital signatures working so far has been the xbox 360. As far as I'm aware, they are still just doing things to the DVD player's ROM rather than cracking the machine itself though I really dont' follow it so I could certainly be wrong. I do know that if it has been cracked, it took longer than anyone else.
Encryption isn't required. Digital signatures will do the trick. Sure, modify away. Doesn't mean it'll get loaded as soon as the signature check fails.
Encryption isn't even useful. The decryption keys MUST be there in order for it to be run, so all you're doing is slowing things down for no benefit.
Digital signatures on the other hand, do accomplish the goal without providing the keys required to create new signatures.
Without looking, I'd wager what you mean is that Android uses digital signatures now much like iOS, the PS3, Xbox 360 and... the Linux kernel (3.7) to verify binaries.
Its nothing that hasn't been done for as long as I've used computers.
Yes, you can change code and work around everything.
SecureBoot with a fully trusted chain makes it impossible... right up until an exploit is found in the chain.
Cracking isn't new, and this isn't particularly impressive. Not that credit isn't do for pointing it out, the guy is the 'First Post' so to speak, but other than that, its just 'meh, I did this when I was 15' and it was harder then as programmers weren't so lazy to store things in easily editable unsigned XML files since MOST people using computers had a bit of a clue.
Not that your post is anything more than a rambling troll, but I wanted to comment on one part:
Yes, people will be able to encrypt their torrenting and skirt the laws.. but plenty of dumb ones will be caught...
Encryption, Tor, 'decentralized search' and all the other crap that comes up to 'hide' where the data is coming from and going is just for idiots who think they can 'hide' from the law.
You know what happens when you bounce something through Tor and the courts get involved? They sue the node they saw the data from. Do that a few times and Tor is dead. Same with various p2p protocols that bounce the data through other people. I don't have to find the actual downloader, just the person facilitating it. Like it or not, facilitating crime IS a crime. Ignorance is not an excuse in the eyes of the law, you'll even make yourself obviously guilty when you bring up the fact that you knew you couldn't tell what was going through your pipe.
All you are doing by trying to pull this sort of retarded shit is giving the government legitimate reasons to change the laws so privacy isn't there anymore.
It really doesn't matter WHAT the fine is for copyright infringement, don't do it and you won't have an issue. There really is no excuse no matter what you try to convince someone of for willfully violating copyright. You can live without someone elses content. This isn't an unbearable tax being forced on you for just surviving.
Why? It still gets Canadians all pissed off when you use it. Doesn't matter if its true or not, they still throw a little hissy fit... you are a prime example.
There is absolutely nothing that prevents a GPLv2 application from showing up on the Apple iOS store other than 'I don't want my app there!!@#!@%#!@#%'
GPLv3 code wouldnt' be able to be posted at all as it would required Apple/MS to give away their encryption/signing keys, which isn't going to happen.
VLC came off the app store because one of the developers raised a stink and Apple didn't want to deal with him being a douche.
You can publish VLC on the App store yourself as long as you also distribute the source as it is GPLv2 which doesnt' do any silly things that prevent it from being put there.
Well, there are three problems that show just how ignorant you are.
First off. GPS guided bombs and missles make it so we attack a building with a single bomb, rather than our old method which was to carpet bomb the entire city and 20 miles around it with thousands of bombs.
Second off. The bomb will now hit some non-target rather than the target. Hope your kid doesn't happen to be in the school it just hit rather the command bunker it was supposed to hit.
Third off. They don't even use GPS for the last bit of guidance. GPS gets you 'close' so that other things such as terrain following radar can do the final guidance or bring the missle to bear on the laser designator.
Maybe we'll get lucky and you'll be the next one blown to bits by a misdirected rocket.
GPS isn't accurate enough for approach. It isn't and never has been used for that. Automated approaches use an entirely different system local to the airport.
The Mig 29 and SU 30s are rather a joke. They are really upgrades from older aircraft rather than new designs.
F-16s regularly beat the every living shit out of 'newer' aircraft in simulated combat. You seem to think the F-16s that the US and Israel use are from the original models. They aren't. Israel's specifically are using some of the most advanced avionics on the planet.
The ORIGINAL F16s had 23,500lbs of thrust..., they were given 29,500 in the 90s, Newer models have 32,500 pounds of thrust.
F16's have been upgraded you realize, right? They haven't been using the original design in 30 years. There are at least 4 different engines used in the aircraft that I'm aware of, which means probably more.
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Most of us realize from his behavior (past and present) that he makes an obvious suspect who does more to convict himself than screaming 'I'm GUILTY!'
The iOS devices have been cracked wide open at least 10 times, and there is (not public just yet) an untethered iOS 6 jailbreak.
As far as I know, the true shining example of digital signatures working so far has been the xbox 360. As far as I'm aware, they are still just doing things to the DVD player's ROM rather than cracking the machine itself though I really dont' follow it so I could certainly be wrong. I do know that if it has been cracked, it took longer than anyone else.
Encryption isn't required. Digital signatures will do the trick. Sure, modify away. Doesn't mean it'll get loaded as soon as the signature check fails.
Encryption isn't even useful. The decryption keys MUST be there in order for it to be run, so all you're doing is slowing things down for no benefit.
Digital signatures on the other hand, do accomplish the goal without providing the keys required to create new signatures.
Without looking, I'd wager what you mean is that Android uses digital signatures now much like iOS, the PS3, Xbox 360 and ... the Linux kernel (3.7) to verify binaries.
Its nothing that hasn't been done for as long as I've used computers.
Yes, you can change code and work around everything.
SecureBoot with a fully trusted chain makes it impossible ... right up until an exploit is found in the chain.
Cracking isn't new, and this isn't particularly impressive. Not that credit isn't do for pointing it out, the guy is the 'First Post' so to speak, but other than that, its just 'meh, I did this when I was 15' and it was harder then as programmers weren't so lazy to store things in easily editable unsigned XML files since MOST people using computers had a bit of a clue.
Not that your post is anything more than a rambling troll, but I wanted to comment on one part:
Yes, people will be able to encrypt their torrenting and skirt the laws.. but plenty of dumb ones will be caught...
Encryption, Tor, 'decentralized search' and all the other crap that comes up to 'hide' where the data is coming from and going is just for idiots who think they can 'hide' from the law.
You know what happens when you bounce something through Tor and the courts get involved? They sue the node they saw the data from. Do that a few times and Tor is dead. Same with various p2p protocols that bounce the data through other people. I don't have to find the actual downloader, just the person facilitating it. Like it or not, facilitating crime IS a crime. Ignorance is not an excuse in the eyes of the law, you'll even make yourself obviously guilty when you bring up the fact that you knew you couldn't tell what was going through your pipe.
All you are doing by trying to pull this sort of retarded shit is giving the government legitimate reasons to change the laws so privacy isn't there anymore.
It really doesn't matter WHAT the fine is for copyright infringement, don't do it and you won't have an issue. There really is no excuse no matter what you try to convince someone of for willfully violating copyright. You can live without someone elses content. This isn't an unbearable tax being forced on you for just surviving.
Oh and 1992 called, they want their joke back.
Why? It still gets Canadians all pissed off when you use it. Doesn't matter if its true or not, they still throw a little hissy fit ... you are a prime example.
Congratulations, you worked on a movie that many consider to be a complete waste of money.
Having watched it at a friends, I wouldn't even waste the electricity required to provide the bandwidth to torrent it. Its that incredibly tired.
I am not a rotten tomatoes reviewer, the just sucks.
Deal with it, just because you worked on and poured your heart into it doesn't change the fact that it sucks.
Because they like tablet apps that aren't horrible desktop ports?
Metro is fine ON A TABLET. Sucks on the desktop.
Stop using Metro apps on the desktop and you won't give a shit.
This is a case of where you're bitching about having options, which is just retarded.
Perhaps then you should donate some money towards forwarding your goals for VLC rather than hoping that others goals don't get met.
You shouldn't be using the scroll bars in touch, you should be two finger dragging.
You change apps (alt-tab) by two finger (or three?) swiping from the left edge of the screen towards the center.
I personally don't care for Windows 8, but you really need to learn its gestures if you want it to suck a whole lot less.
There is absolutely nothing that prevents a GPLv2 application from showing up on the Apple iOS store other than 'I don't want my app there!!@#!@%#!@#%'
GPLv3 code wouldnt' be able to be posted at all as it would required Apple/MS to give away their encryption/signing keys, which isn't going to happen.
VLC came off the app store because one of the developers raised a stink and Apple didn't want to deal with him being a douche.
You can publish VLC on the App store yourself as long as you also distribute the source as it is GPLv2 which doesnt' do any silly things that prevent it from being put there.
Oracle works fine from the command line, installation included. I know, I've done it.
PostgreSQL is free, no money burning required.
Hadoop is not a database server.
Well, there are three problems that show just how ignorant you are.
First off. GPS guided bombs and missles make it so we attack a building with a single bomb, rather than our old method which was to carpet bomb the entire city and 20 miles around it with thousands of bombs.
Second off. The bomb will now hit some non-target rather than the target. Hope your kid doesn't happen to be in the school it just hit rather the command bunker it was supposed to hit.
Third off. They don't even use GPS for the last bit of guidance. GPS gets you 'close' so that other things such as terrain following radar can do the final guidance or bring the missle to bear on the laser designator.
Maybe we'll get lucky and you'll be the next one blown to bits by a misdirected rocket.
GPS isn't accurate enough for approach. It isn't and never has been used for that. Automated approaches use an entirely different system local to the airport.
Pilots (in America) are required by law and are certified by written test to KNOW how to navigate WITHOUT GPS.
The feature is already there. Military receivers have the ability to authenticate and reject bogus signals.
You can't afford RAM at L2 speeds, and thats what the problem has always been.
hahah, thats pretty funny.
The Mig 29 and SU 30s are rather a joke. They are really upgrades from older aircraft rather than new designs.
F-16s regularly beat the every living shit out of 'newer' aircraft in simulated combat. You seem to think the F-16s that the US and Israel use are from the original models. They aren't. Israel's specifically are using some of the most advanced avionics on the planet.
The ORIGINAL F16s had 23,500lbs of thrust ..., they were given 29,500 in the 90s, Newer models have 32,500 pounds of thrust.
wikileaks, by definition, is not an original source. It is in fact a stolen, illegal copy of the original source.
'Better'?
F16's have been upgraded you realize, right? They haven't been using the original design in 30 years. There are at least 4 different engines used in the aircraft that I'm aware of, which means probably more.
I'm fairly certain you don't know what Israel or Jews are.
You should look up the definition in the dictionary. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jew
Jew == Israelite
AND ALSO
Jew == Religion
Though they are not mutually inclusive.
You do realize they have some better technology than WE DO in those F-16s of theirs ... RIGHT?
Do you have any idea how much Israeli tech we buy and put in our military equipment? Clearly you don't.
Yep, instead the passengers die when something goes wrong rather than ejecting.
You seem to confuse our governments first world problems which are trivial at best with real issues in a central american country.
You have no clue what a corrupt government is.
Google lets you easily search specific time periods.