By forcing the FBI to go the internal or 3rd party route we now may have the "nightmare" scenario where a universal tool is available to all law enforcement, possibly with its use not done under proper judicial supervision. Apple is partly responsible for this. Yes, Apple was in a pretty f'd up situation, but that happens. Sometimes you have to deal with no good outcome, negative/negative decisions..
Shouldn't we consider that the tool already existed? The difference is that now knowledge of the tool is public. This might be considered a good thing.
Deviously clever, anyway 14 digits is something about 100 trillion, in scientific terms that's more that 100 million LoC (Libraries of Congress). What would be your script brute forcing speed, approximately? Because if it'll be less then about 4 LoCs per second - running this script would be a lifetime affair.
But only 6 of those digits are the device serial number, the rest are the manufacturer and model. So if you just want to try the most popular manf and models you have a much smaller search space. Wiki IMEI page
I don't want to work for a company that hires or doesn't based on the name of the companies on my resume, instead of my skills or what I've accomplished.
Most ot the rhetoric from Tim Cook is pure bullshit in this case. He tries to expand the request to all iPhones in order to create a wave of sympathy and pose as a champion of privacy while in reality he doesn't give a shit, unless this can be a sales point. Pure marketing here.
The twelve cases are similar to the San Bernardino case in that prosecutors have sought to use the 18th-century All Writs Act to force Apple to comply, but none are related to terrorism charges and most involve older versions of iOS software.
Maybe the half who've actually read the news reports about this case, instead of what others have been blogging about the case, and thus know that this isn't the shooter's phone . The phone belongs to the San Bernardino government. It was assigned to the shooter as a work phone.
It is about privacy. But not the shooter's. It's the privacy of other iPhone users. Yes, the gov't says that they only want the altered OS to work on a specific phone. But as soon as it is developed, they'll be another court order (or NSL) to force Apple to do it for another phone. And China will do the same. And France. And Russia. So you see where this could lead.
I saw an article where Apple (Tim Cook?) said that if they had followed best practices for enterprise they would already have what was on the phone. I guess this is what they were referring to.
So two blunders were made: not following best practices and reseting the password on the iCloud account.
If you read the full article you see that they are talking about fructose, which is 50% of table sugar. Dr. Lustig has several videos on YouTube of his talks on the problems that fructose causes. I have determined that fructose (or perhaps sugar in general) was the cause of my 'digestive' problems. By greatly reducing my sugar (and thus fructose) intake I've almost eliminated (poor choice of word?) my problems.
Obtaining the birth certificate of someone else is not difficult, and it does not have a picture on it (even if there was one, it would a be a toddler).
You were born as a toddler?:-)
Birth certificates used to have a footprint on them, but I haven't seen any recently that have that.
There are probably 12 gas stations between my work and home. I can quickly check GasBuddy and see which one is the lowest and stop there without going out of my way. Sometimes my Costco is 10 cents/gal less that the others (usually just after all the other stations have done an increase), but usually the wait there is only a couple of minutes at the most. After prices have stabilized, Costco is usually within a penny or two of the others.
The other reason GB is handy is if you are traveling and don't know where the stations are. Typically, if you're on the Interstate the stations right at the exits are more expensive than the ones a couple of blocks farther. Of course other apps like Road Ninja are good for that as well.
Don't you mean there are cheaper methods of heating than resistive heating? Because as far as I can tell, resistive heating is 100% efficient. Incandescents convert some fraction of the input energy to visible light. Almost all of the rest is emitted as heat. And if there was no light emitted, a resistive element is nearly 100% efficient.
In electrically powered heat pumps, the heat transferred can be three or four times larger than the electrical power consumed, giving the system a coefficient of performance (COP) of 3 or 4, as opposed to a COP of 1 for a conventional electrical resistance heater, in which all heat is produced from input electrical energy.
Translation: If your heating is all electric, with resistive heating you get a watt of heat per watt of electricity. With a heat pump you get more that one watt of heat per watt of electricity.
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Twice the oxigen? That's even better!
No, oxygen is a component of hydrogen hydroxide of which a teacup full can cause death! And the solid form can put your eye out!
By forcing the FBI to go the internal or 3rd party route we now may have the "nightmare" scenario where a universal tool is available to all law enforcement, possibly with its use not done under proper judicial supervision. Apple is partly responsible for this. Yes, Apple was in a pretty f'd up situation, but that happens. Sometimes you have to deal with no good outcome, negative/negative decisions. .
Shouldn't we consider that the tool already existed? The difference is that now knowledge of the tool is public. This might be considered a good thing.
Deviously clever, anyway 14 digits is something about 100 trillion, in scientific terms that's more that 100 million LoC (Libraries of Congress). What would be your script brute forcing speed, approximately? Because if it'll be less then about 4 LoCs per second - running this script would be a lifetime affair.
But only 6 of those digits are the device serial number, the rest are the manufacturer and model. So if you just want to try the most popular manf and models you have a much smaller search space.
Wiki IMEI page
Where's the "Why don't they use Rust" guy?
Hey AC, please post the name of your company.
I don't want to work for a company that hires or doesn't based on the name of the companies on my resume, instead of my skills or what I've accomplished.
I am a lot less worried about government getting their hands on my data than private companies doing the same.
That's odd, I feel the opposite way.
If a private company abuses (or leaks) my data, I can (in theory) sic the gov't on them. If the gov't abuses my data, who do I go to?
And once this special iOS is developed, the next request could be in an NSL.
Most ot the rhetoric from Tim Cook is pure bullshit in this case. He tries to expand the request to all iPhones in order to create a wave of sympathy and pose as a champion of privacy while in reality he doesn't give a shit, unless this can be a sales point. Pure marketing here.
Perhaps you missed this story
The twelve cases are similar to the San Bernardino case in that prosecutors have sought to use the 18th-century All Writs Act to force Apple to comply, but none are related to terrorism charges and most involve older versions of iOS software.
Gaddammit:
... they'll be another court order ...
should be:
Maybe the half who've actually read the news reports about this case, instead of what others have been blogging about the case, and thus know that this isn't the shooter's phone . The phone belongs to the San Bernardino government. It was assigned to the shooter as a work phone.
It is about privacy. But not the shooter's. It's the privacy of other iPhone users. Yes, the gov't says that they only want the altered OS to work on a specific phone. But as soon as it is developed, they'll be another court order (or NSL) to force Apple to do it for another phone. And China will do the same. And France. And Russia. So you see where this could lead.
More than half of Americans think they are above average.
(yes, I'm American :-)
I saw an article where Apple (Tim Cook?) said that if they had followed best practices for enterprise they would already have what was on the phone. I guess this is what they were referring to.
So two blunders were made: not following best practices and reseting the password on the iCloud account.
We don't know shit!
Does it work in Europe?
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Yes, why isn't this something the flight system calculates, instead of "There's an App for That"?
Mark with a QR code along with a line or two of text? You could put whatever you want in the QR code; your phone # or email address.
If you use a RFID, only someone with a reader could see what it says.
If you read the full article you see that they are talking about fructose, which is 50% of table sugar. Dr. Lustig has several videos on YouTube of his talks on the problems that fructose causes. I have determined that fructose (or perhaps sugar in general) was the cause of my 'digestive' problems. By greatly reducing my sugar (and thus fructose) intake I've almost eliminated (poor choice of word?) my problems.
GPS satellites orbit at 12,500 miles. I don't think a jet launched missile would be able to reach them.
Obtaining the birth certificate of someone else is not difficult, and it does not have a picture on it (even if there was one, it would a be a toddler).
You were born as a toddler? :-)
Birth certificates used to have a footprint on them, but I haven't seen any recently that have that.
Speakin of military, Hillview, KY is only a few miles from Fort Knox. He should be careful what he shoots at, it might shoot back.
There are probably 12 gas stations between my work and home. I can quickly check GasBuddy and see which one is the lowest and stop there without going out of my way. Sometimes my Costco is 10 cents/gal less that the others (usually just after all the other stations have done an increase), but usually the wait there is only a couple of minutes at the most. After prices have stabilized, Costco is usually within a penny or two of the others.
The other reason GB is handy is if you are traveling and don't know where the stations are. Typically, if you're on the Interstate the stations right at the exits are more expensive than the ones a couple of blocks farther. Of course other apps like Road Ninja are good for that as well.
Sounds similar to the Poul Anderson book Tau Zero.
I'm actually at the point where I sadly suspect I'll see IPv6 over LTE on my mobile devices before I see it at home via my ISP.
Actually I think that IPv6 is a requirement for LTE. At least required by the carriers if not the 3GPP.
Don't you mean there are cheaper methods of heating than resistive heating? Because as far as I can tell, resistive heating is 100% efficient. Incandescents convert some fraction of the input energy to visible light. Almost all of the rest is emitted as heat. And if there was no light emitted, a resistive element is nearly 100% efficient.
No, he means more efficient:
In electrically powered heat pumps, the heat transferred can be three or four times larger than the electrical power consumed, giving the system a coefficient of performance (COP) of 3 or 4, as opposed to a COP of 1 for a conventional electrical resistance heater, in which all heat is produced from input electrical energy.
Translation: If your heating is all electric, with resistive heating you get a watt of heat per watt of electricity. With a heat pump you get more that one watt of heat per watt of electricity.
Like something with the body of a crab and the head of a Social Worker?
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