VHS cassettes, properly licensed to rent, were anywhere from about $300 to $600 each. That was in the 80s - a buddy owned a store and got a discount because he was part of a franchise. In other words, it was more expensive for the little stores. Lots of those little stores did not properly license them. Some were caught and taken to court. When they were no longer new releases, the prices would go down to the $80 to $120 range.:/
Like you say, the ones to rent are MUCH more expensive for physical media. I suspect that Redbox isn't actually buying the disks but, like Netflix, is licensing a right to print a certain number of disks. A license to stream will not be covered in those contracts/agreements. I'm sure they're working hard to get as profitable a streaming license as possible.
I'd have absolutely no use for 16 GB of extra space on my phone and I do have a smart phone. I just don't load up a bunch of apps. I make phone calls, email, text, browse, and that's about it. I believe I have a 64 GB SD card in my phone. I'm pretty sure I'm using less than 200 MB of it. The internal storage still has plenty of room. If I take photos/video with it then I move that off the phone and onto something more suitable. I have my own 'cloud', VPN, VPS, NAS, and all that. I have real backup solutions that automatically replicate data to multiple disparate locations. IOW, keeping data on my phone would be pretty silly of me. It also helps that I don't take a lot of pics or video.
The same could be said for most any other transforming technological advances. From radio to automobiles, to television to telephones, to printing to even speech.
Why'd you expect it to be different this time? Did you think we, as a species, suddenly improved? You really don't think you're enlightened, do you? Do you really think that the species is somehow better, more advanced, or improved? Whatever gave you that idea?
If I were making fun of you or seeking termination of the conversation then, by all means, I'd vocalize that. I'd even make a funny face and look at them as if I were incredulous that such a person could speak without assistance, walk without hurting themselves or others, and was allowed to use the sharp scissors.
On the other hand, I'd not vocalize that if my goal were to continue a conversation. (Unless it was a close friend who'd said something utterly stupid and I was having fun at their expense.) I'd not use it in a serious discussion, however.
Depending on what you're calling the 'net, there have pretty much always been ads on it. I'm not sure where that sentiment comes from - this mythical view of the past. Do you not remember the, "Call 555-1212 for the best BBS in town - best warez!" No? Probably not. You probably weren't there and are just parroting what you heard from a friend who heard it from a friend.
Now, on the academic networks there weren't so many ads. However, there were still promotions. The first instance of UCE/spam was in something like 1978 and from DEC. I did have occasion to use a terminal that had access a network that was run by the DoD, back in the 1980s. That system is the only system that I personally experienced that had a lack of ads.
To top it all off... Since sometime around 1996 (thereabouts) I've been blocking ads with one format or another. Yes, since about 1996. Statistically, it's likely that that was before you were even online. As a BBS operator, in the late 1980s and very early 1990s, I had people posting ads all the time. (That's the bulletin board part of it.)
There were ads in Usenet, ads on Gopher, ads in email, ads in hypertext, and ads in hypercards. They were not as prolific but they existed. I have no idea why people perpetuate this myth that the ads are somehow new. Shit, there used to be ads in the MOTD. It was no unheard of to accept money in exchange for putting those ads in there. Err... Though the exchange of money was usually a bit more local or, more often than not, was based on something akin to reciprocity.
You reset the phone and recover from your iTunes backup. Anything on the device that was not currently backed up (which can be local) is lost.
Much like any other OS, you need a backup strategy and you're a fucking idiot if you don't have one. (That's a generic you but you too might be a fucking idiot - that's unknown to me - it could just be that you're unaware of how this device works.)
You backup to the cloud or to your own storage media. You do this on a regular basis and you, optionally, replicate to multiple areas with varied degrees of security that suit your particular needs. There is, literally, no one single backup solution that is ideal for everyone - just like there's no piece of software or operating system that is ideal for everyone.
So, you make regular backups and then, when (not if) bad things happen, you recreate the phone's OS (it's just a click or two away) and import your saved content from your previous backups. The phone isn't bricked. I'm not sure what gave you that idea. Nor is backed up data unrecoverable. You can restore backups quickly and easily with at least two methods that I'm aware of and I don't even use an iPhone. (I do, technically, own an older iPhone for the moment but I've never made a call on it. It's some model 4 thing.)
I believe they call that a reductum ad absurdum and you should know better. It's not that you don't have a point (or couldn't have one) but that's not the logical way to go about presenting it. "What's next, are you going to want to marry a turtle?"
Off-topic but in the run-up to the 2000 election season (that long ago) I had a custom bumper sticker printed up that said, "Archie Bunker for President."
It should be noted that I'm kind of brown (I'm a mutt). I got more fingers and angry blaring of horns than I got thumbs up, waves, and laughs. I've mentioned it before but I don't know if I've ever mentioned it to you.
I do wonder what Archie Bunker, the television character - not you personally, would have to say about this. There were some pearls of wisdom in some of those old sitcoms. I can imagine an episode, obviously modernized, with this as the subject and Archie, being who he is, railing about kids and their new-fangled cellular phones and how he didn't need them in his day so there's no reason to want them today. Also, the kid was black. That might tie into it.
That actually works. I was able to login to an email account, from Google, that I'd completely forgotten about. It even had all the emails I'd collected since 2009 in it. It's amusing that this pops up now because I just went through the process (it was painless and I actually remembered the password) just two days ago.
I'm not sure how that's salient, however. The problem is not that the pictures are in the cloud. The problem is that the pictures are on the phone. Google's Inactive Account Manager doesn't have anything specific to do with the hardware and won't matter if you're unable to get into the hardware itself. Of course, with Google's Android phones - you might be able to mount it and unlock it all on your own using ADB and just mounting the drive as a regular USB drive.
That's an interesting question, considering that (for the most part) they don't consider you as owning the software but as licensing the software. To license software is a contract. To enter a legally binding contract, both parties must be of legal age to do so - which will vary by jurisdiction.
This was in the UK where I believe they're entitled to enter contracts at the age of 16. This kid was 13. Thus he hadn't achieved the age of majority and the software *has* to have been licensed by the party who signed up for the contract which, in this case, was quite likely the father.
However, this has little or no bearing on what Apple decides to do about the matter. That doesn't negate the quality of the question nor the interesting meta aspects associated with that line of thinking.
While it's true that they could have owned the hardware, it's also almost certainly true that they were not the owner of the license to use the software that was loaded onto that hardware. Chances are very, very good that you do not actually own the copy of much of any of the software that you use. You license it. Or, in the case of Linux, you could (I guess) say that you probably own it but I'm seeing more and more OSS that's showing up with a license that you're to accept in order to use it. The EFF is not really pleased about that.
You even agree to a variety of licenses to use your Android phone - though I'm not sure if that's true with some of the custom ROMs or with the true open source project that is sans the Google Play Services and whatnot.
While this is digression, I'd further state that this is an actual problem - as in a real issue to be concerned with. Chances are very good that you've a bunch of hardware that's mostly useless to you without the license(s) to use the software on it. Rather than dwell and pontificate on such, I'll leave it to your imagination as to think of reasons why that might be bad.
The kid *did* share the phone. His father's finger print works. Unfortunately, the battery cycled and that means the phone now wants the PIN and not just the fingerprint. It's quite possible that they did not know this was the expected outcome of the battery cycling. But, it is...
Do not, of course, read into that anything other than what I said. Doing so will likely mean you're mistaken. I'm simply pointing out that the kid did, indeed, make an effort to share the data with the parent. I do not know why he didn't also share the PIN but perhaps they were mentally occupied with more pressing matters or they simply didn't know it was required? I really don't care to speculate beyond that.
I'm not sure why the above is moderated as -1 Troll. According to multiple polls, they're right. People, in their all their glory, want phones that can be unlocked and fail to understand the entirety of that position.
Whoever moderated that troll is probably not actually reading and thinking about what they're doing. The AC is not trolling. They're simply expressing the truth.
You might want a phone that can't be unlocked. You might understand the security implications of a phone that can be unlocked. You might know the impossibilities of a secure system that has 'back doors.' The average person on the street, doesn't seem to give a shit. There have been multiple polls and this very article demonstrates that the AC was telling the truth. What was it, something like 86% of the people agree with the father in this case?
Maybe it's time for me to start moderating again. I hate it. I absolutely hate it. I haven't used my points in years but if posts like the above are needlessly marked troll (and erroneously marked, at that) then I should moderate. Except, I usually don't notice until long after I've started writing in a thread.;-)
NOTE:Slashdot gets grouchy (the filter kicks in) on the fifth mention of the word describing the moderation type. That word is a word for a creature that lives under a bridge or must be chopped into little pieces and set ablaze if you want to make completely sure that they will not regenerate. However, it's often more amusing to collect the pieces and then let the monster regenerate in various and creative ways - resulting in a captured, angry, monster with which you can have your way. (Yes, yes I have had some creative players at my table.)
Now that took way too much unneeded verbiage and verbosity to describe. It took me a minute because I forgot that it also doesn't seem to like the filter being named under certain conditions.
Yes, I'll delete your porn stash - unless I have to weed through it and unless it's obviously porn involving you/your intimate other(s). No, I'm not going to go through all of your emails. I'm going to export them and make them *all* accessible. I will be preserving your documents - you might have financial information in there. If it's not obviously something that might make you look less flattering then it gets kept and preserved. Chances are really good that I'm not going to preserve your music and videos - unless they're home videos. I am going to go through what emails I can and reset your passwords and, depending, close the accounts.
For one friend, his wife sent me the box and already had the password. I went online, found his communities (some of you might actually know him), and gave them the news. I preserved the rest of the stuff she might want onto a few marked optical disks, sent her those, and found a creative use for the box. The latter was with her blessing/request. I really didn't need/want the hardware and it has been a number of years so the device is no longer regularly powered on but it does still exist and is still in working order - I'm pretty sure. It hasn't been booted in years.
Anyhow, I just mentioned this yesterday. Think about what is going to happen to your digital assets when you go. In the instance above, with the wife, he was a big fan of (and spent a goodly sum of money on) an online RPG. Fortunately, they had a "friends" list and there was an archival of prior private messages that could be correlated with emails. I was able to get the attention of one of them and get them to help me figure out the "value" of his in-game goods and then hand them out to his friends. They actually had a bit of a funeral type thing and I didn't say anything but others did - it was actually touching. Then, instead of just giving someone else access to the account, I handed out the stuff - again, saying nothing. (A rarity for me but I only responded if spoken to. It was not my place.)
Figure that shit out before you go. I keep an encrypted list on a USB and the USB's contents are mirrored in multiple areas. Inside are what I'd like my children to do, messages I'd like sent, and things like that. In fact, there's another million dollar idea for people - if they want it. Hmm... Perhaps I'll look into that one myself - it could actually be an NFP/NPO and staffed by those who will be making use of the service later in life. Software should be easy enough to write but I do think that much of it should/could be attended to personally.
But, yeah... My kids know the password to the USB key. It's also written down. It also has directions to all sorts of other things - digital assets aren't the only things in there. I replace the key every couple of years and keep backups, all synced, to the point where there's a network share that is in Maine that I can access from here - that's a backup copy of the one in my pocket.
It is obviously encrypted but the password is known to them so they'll have no problems accessing it. They've already gone through the process to see how it is done. Things get added to it and deleted from it. Mostly, they get added. Fortunately, storage is easy and cheap to acquire and I've got TBs and TBs of it.
Someday, Slashdot... Someday, one of my kids will show up here and post a journal message. It'll probably be my son. He actually has an account here but he doesn't post often and probably hasn't posted in five years or more. Either way, they'll be posting on my account to let folks know that I'm dead and gone. If they'er timely enough, they'll be inviting some folks to the funerary festivities. No, it will not be a traditional celebration but an extended party, with merriment and making of new friends and reconnecting with old friends. Well, that's my wishes and tit is already budgeted. So, hopefully it's a month long bash culminating with mayhem, merriment, and mirth.
I want to know why phones aren't configured as multiuser systems with the ability to encrypt on top of that *and* the ability to have multiple profiles. I don't even believe the Ubuntu phone is configured to do that - well. I believe it is configured so that you can. The same thing with tablets.
Why can't I have a full guest system available and an administrator account?
Then, if they'd not explicitly encrypted the files - root would be able to access them. Or, well, any account with admin rights would be able to.
That trust and behavior thing *might* be slightly modified if you know they're going to live their whole life in a shorter span than normal. I don't really know - I've never been in that situation. But, I might (I really don't know) be more compelled to not worry about things like trust and a phone if my child is going to die in the near-term.
Pretty much my sentiments exactly. I sympathize but no... Well, Apple can if they want but "no" with regards to his position.
The father's letter tells Apple that "Although I share your philosophy in general, I think Apple should offer solutions for exceptional cases like mine,"
I have said this many times and this is a fine time to repeat it. If you're unwilling to accept the consequences of your beliefs, they're no beliefs so much as they're conveniences.
Yes, consequences includes persecution, prosecution, death, torture, and getting a free cake on Sunday.
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VHS cassettes, properly licensed to rent, were anywhere from about $300 to $600 each. That was in the 80s - a buddy owned a store and got a discount because he was part of a franchise. In other words, it was more expensive for the little stores. Lots of those little stores did not properly license them. Some were caught and taken to court. When they were no longer new releases, the prices would go down to the $80 to $120 range. :/
Like you say, the ones to rent are MUCH more expensive for physical media. I suspect that Redbox isn't actually buying the disks but, like Netflix, is licensing a right to print a certain number of disks. A license to stream will not be covered in those contracts/agreements. I'm sure they're working hard to get as profitable a streaming license as possible.
I'd have absolutely no use for 16 GB of extra space on my phone and I do have a smart phone. I just don't load up a bunch of apps. I make phone calls, email, text, browse, and that's about it. I believe I have a 64 GB SD card in my phone. I'm pretty sure I'm using less than 200 MB of it. The internal storage still has plenty of room. If I take photos/video with it then I move that off the phone and onto something more suitable. I have my own 'cloud', VPN, VPS, NAS, and all that. I have real backup solutions that automatically replicate data to multiple disparate locations. IOW, keeping data on my phone would be pretty silly of me. It also helps that I don't take a lot of pics or video.
The same could be said for most any other transforming technological advances. From radio to automobiles, to television to telephones, to printing to even speech.
Why'd you expect it to be different this time? Did you think we, as a species, suddenly improved? You really don't think you're enlightened, do you? Do you really think that the species is somehow better, more advanced, or improved? Whatever gave you that idea?
If I were making fun of you or seeking termination of the conversation then, by all means, I'd vocalize that. I'd even make a funny face and look at them as if I were incredulous that such a person could speak without assistance, walk without hurting themselves or others, and was allowed to use the sharp scissors.
On the other hand, I'd not vocalize that if my goal were to continue a conversation. (Unless it was a close friend who'd said something utterly stupid and I was having fun at their expense.) I'd not use it in a serious discussion, however.
Why'd you ask?
Depending on what you're calling the 'net, there have pretty much always been ads on it. I'm not sure where that sentiment comes from - this mythical view of the past. Do you not remember the, "Call 555-1212 for the best BBS in town - best warez!" No? Probably not. You probably weren't there and are just parroting what you heard from a friend who heard it from a friend.
Now, on the academic networks there weren't so many ads. However, there were still promotions. The first instance of UCE/spam was in something like 1978 and from DEC. I did have occasion to use a terminal that had access a network that was run by the DoD, back in the 1980s. That system is the only system that I personally experienced that had a lack of ads.
To top it all off... Since sometime around 1996 (thereabouts) I've been blocking ads with one format or another. Yes, since about 1996. Statistically, it's likely that that was before you were even online. As a BBS operator, in the late 1980s and very early 1990s, I had people posting ads all the time. (That's the bulletin board part of it.)
There were ads in Usenet, ads on Gopher, ads in email, ads in hypertext, and ads in hypercards. They were not as prolific but they existed. I have no idea why people perpetuate this myth that the ads are somehow new. Shit, there used to be ads in the MOTD. It was no unheard of to accept money in exchange for putting those ads in there. Err... Though the exchange of money was usually a bit more local or, more often than not, was based on something akin to reciprocity.
> What does the facebook software do?
From the sounds of things, it collects your data and monetizes it. The summary told me that. Why'd you ask? ;-)
Microsoft didn't change the game. They upped the ante. The game was already well into the end-game by the time Windows 10 rolled around.
What are the odds of them coming back, apologizing, and thanking you for the correction?
The closest I come is:
26083 ? Ssl 0:00 C:\windows\system32\services.exe
I have WINE running because my favorite FTP client is an old Windows program called AbsoluteFTP.
Mine's 10100, which is 20.
Your's is 10001, which is 17. (16, 8, 4, 2, 1 - one in the 1's place and one in the 16 column = 17.)
I have no clue what it is about - and I'm a mathematician. On the other hand, I'm not all that creative. So, I'm probably missing something obvious.
Hmm... Count the number of positive mods for the day, maybe? (I've no idea.)
You reset the phone and recover from your iTunes backup. Anything on the device that was not currently backed up (which can be local) is lost.
Much like any other OS, you need a backup strategy and you're a fucking idiot if you don't have one. (That's a generic you but you too might be a fucking idiot - that's unknown to me - it could just be that you're unaware of how this device works.)
You backup to the cloud or to your own storage media. You do this on a regular basis and you, optionally, replicate to multiple areas with varied degrees of security that suit your particular needs. There is, literally, no one single backup solution that is ideal for everyone - just like there's no piece of software or operating system that is ideal for everyone.
So, you make regular backups and then, when (not if) bad things happen, you recreate the phone's OS (it's just a click or two away) and import your saved content from your previous backups. The phone isn't bricked. I'm not sure what gave you that idea. Nor is backed up data unrecoverable. You can restore backups quickly and easily with at least two methods that I'm aware of and I don't even use an iPhone. (I do, technically, own an older iPhone for the moment but I've never made a call on it. It's some model 4 thing.)
I believe they call that a reductum ad absurdum and you should know better. It's not that you don't have a point (or couldn't have one) but that's not the logical way to go about presenting it. "What's next, are you going to want to marry a turtle?"
Sheesh. ;-)
Off-topic but in the run-up to the 2000 election season (that long ago) I had a custom bumper sticker printed up that said, "Archie Bunker for President."
It should be noted that I'm kind of brown (I'm a mutt). I got more fingers and angry blaring of horns than I got thumbs up, waves, and laughs. I've mentioned it before but I don't know if I've ever mentioned it to you.
I do wonder what Archie Bunker, the television character - not you personally, would have to say about this. There were some pearls of wisdom in some of those old sitcoms. I can imagine an episode, obviously modernized, with this as the subject and Archie, being who he is, railing about kids and their new-fangled cellular phones and how he didn't need them in his day so there's no reason to want them today. Also, the kid was black. That might tie into it.
That actually works. I was able to login to an email account, from Google, that I'd completely forgotten about. It even had all the emails I'd collected since 2009 in it. It's amusing that this pops up now because I just went through the process (it was painless and I actually remembered the password) just two days ago.
I'm not sure how that's salient, however. The problem is not that the pictures are in the cloud. The problem is that the pictures are on the phone. Google's Inactive Account Manager doesn't have anything specific to do with the hardware and won't matter if you're unable to get into the hardware itself. Of course, with Google's Android phones - you might be able to mount it and unlock it all on your own using ADB and just mounting the drive as a regular USB drive.
That'd be slightly more plausible if the story isn't from Italy.
That's an interesting question, considering that (for the most part) they don't consider you as owning the software but as licensing the software. To license software is a contract. To enter a legally binding contract, both parties must be of legal age to do so - which will vary by jurisdiction.
This was in the UK where I believe they're entitled to enter contracts at the age of 16. This kid was 13. Thus he hadn't achieved the age of majority and the software *has* to have been licensed by the party who signed up for the contract which, in this case, was quite likely the father.
However, this has little or no bearing on what Apple decides to do about the matter. That doesn't negate the quality of the question nor the interesting meta aspects associated with that line of thinking.
While it's true that they could have owned the hardware, it's also almost certainly true that they were not the owner of the license to use the software that was loaded onto that hardware. Chances are very, very good that you do not actually own the copy of much of any of the software that you use. You license it. Or, in the case of Linux, you could (I guess) say that you probably own it but I'm seeing more and more OSS that's showing up with a license that you're to accept in order to use it. The EFF is not really pleased about that.
You even agree to a variety of licenses to use your Android phone - though I'm not sure if that's true with some of the custom ROMs or with the true open source project that is sans the Google Play Services and whatnot.
While this is digression, I'd further state that this is an actual problem - as in a real issue to be concerned with. Chances are very good that you've a bunch of hardware that's mostly useless to you without the license(s) to use the software on it. Rather than dwell and pontificate on such, I'll leave it to your imagination as to think of reasons why that might be bad.
Everyone thinks they're exceptional, special, and above average.
Well... Not everyone, but you get the idea. In fact, it's very unlikely that they're special or unique in any meaningful way.
One of my favorite pithy sayings: "Remember, you're unique - just like everybody else."
Actually...
The kid *did* share the phone. His father's finger print works. Unfortunately, the battery cycled and that means the phone now wants the PIN and not just the fingerprint. It's quite possible that they did not know this was the expected outcome of the battery cycling. But, it is...
Do not, of course, read into that anything other than what I said. Doing so will likely mean you're mistaken. I'm simply pointing out that the kid did, indeed, make an effort to share the data with the parent. I do not know why he didn't also share the PIN but perhaps they were mentally occupied with more pressing matters or they simply didn't know it was required? I really don't care to speculate beyond that.
I'm going to need to see that citation for the phone thing. You probably posted it and the Slashcode deleted it, or something.
I'm not sure why the above is moderated as -1 Troll. According to multiple polls, they're right. People, in their all their glory, want phones that can be unlocked and fail to understand the entirety of that position.
Whoever moderated that troll is probably not actually reading and thinking about what they're doing. The AC is not trolling. They're simply expressing the truth.
You might want a phone that can't be unlocked. You might understand the security implications of a phone that can be unlocked. You might know the impossibilities of a secure system that has 'back doors.' The average person on the street, doesn't seem to give a shit. There have been multiple polls and this very article demonstrates that the AC was telling the truth. What was it, something like 86% of the people agree with the father in this case?
Maybe it's time for me to start moderating again. I hate it. I absolutely hate it. I haven't used my points in years but if posts like the above are needlessly marked troll (and erroneously marked, at that) then I should moderate. Except, I usually don't notice until long after I've started writing in a thread. ;-)
NOTE:Slashdot gets grouchy (the filter kicks in) on the fifth mention of the word describing the moderation type. That word is a word for a creature that lives under a bridge or must be chopped into little pieces and set ablaze if you want to make completely sure that they will not regenerate. However, it's often more amusing to collect the pieces and then let the monster regenerate in various and creative ways - resulting in a captured, angry, monster with which you can have your way. (Yes, yes I have had some creative players at my table.)
Now that took way too much unneeded verbiage and verbosity to describe. It took me a minute because I forgot that it also doesn't seem to like the filter being named under certain conditions.
I've done that for people.
Yes, I'll delete your porn stash - unless I have to weed through it and unless it's obviously porn involving you/your intimate other(s). No, I'm not going to go through all of your emails. I'm going to export them and make them *all* accessible. I will be preserving your documents - you might have financial information in there. If it's not obviously something that might make you look less flattering then it gets kept and preserved. Chances are really good that I'm not going to preserve your music and videos - unless they're home videos. I am going to go through what emails I can and reset your passwords and, depending, close the accounts.
For one friend, his wife sent me the box and already had the password. I went online, found his communities (some of you might actually know him), and gave them the news. I preserved the rest of the stuff she might want onto a few marked optical disks, sent her those, and found a creative use for the box. The latter was with her blessing/request. I really didn't need/want the hardware and it has been a number of years so the device is no longer regularly powered on but it does still exist and is still in working order - I'm pretty sure. It hasn't been booted in years.
Anyhow, I just mentioned this yesterday. Think about what is going to happen to your digital assets when you go. In the instance above, with the wife, he was a big fan of (and spent a goodly sum of money on) an online RPG. Fortunately, they had a "friends" list and there was an archival of prior private messages that could be correlated with emails. I was able to get the attention of one of them and get them to help me figure out the "value" of his in-game goods and then hand them out to his friends. They actually had a bit of a funeral type thing and I didn't say anything but others did - it was actually touching. Then, instead of just giving someone else access to the account, I handed out the stuff - again, saying nothing. (A rarity for me but I only responded if spoken to. It was not my place.)
Figure that shit out before you go. I keep an encrypted list on a USB and the USB's contents are mirrored in multiple areas. Inside are what I'd like my children to do, messages I'd like sent, and things like that. In fact, there's another million dollar idea for people - if they want it. Hmm... Perhaps I'll look into that one myself - it could actually be an NFP/NPO and staffed by those who will be making use of the service later in life. Software should be easy enough to write but I do think that much of it should/could be attended to personally.
But, yeah... My kids know the password to the USB key. It's also written down. It also has directions to all sorts of other things - digital assets aren't the only things in there. I replace the key every couple of years and keep backups, all synced, to the point where there's a network share that is in Maine that I can access from here - that's a backup copy of the one in my pocket.
It is obviously encrypted but the password is known to them so they'll have no problems accessing it. They've already gone through the process to see how it is done. Things get added to it and deleted from it. Mostly, they get added. Fortunately, storage is easy and cheap to acquire and I've got TBs and TBs of it.
Someday, Slashdot... Someday, one of my kids will show up here and post a journal message. It'll probably be my son. He actually has an account here but he doesn't post often and probably hasn't posted in five years or more. Either way, they'll be posting on my account to let folks know that I'm dead and gone. If they'er timely enough, they'll be inviting some folks to the funerary festivities. No, it will not be a traditional celebration but an extended party, with merriment and making of new friends and reconnecting with old friends. Well, that's my wishes and tit is already budgeted. So, hopefully it's a month long bash culminating with mayhem, merriment, and mirth.
I want to know why phones aren't configured as multiuser systems with the ability to encrypt on top of that *and* the ability to have multiple profiles. I don't even believe the Ubuntu phone is configured to do that - well. I believe it is configured so that you can. The same thing with tablets.
Why can't I have a full guest system available and an administrator account?
Then, if they'd not explicitly encrypted the files - root would be able to access them. Or, well, any account with admin rights would be able to.
That trust and behavior thing *might* be slightly modified if you know they're going to live their whole life in a shorter span than normal. I don't really know - I've never been in that situation. But, I might (I really don't know) be more compelled to not worry about things like trust and a phone if my child is going to die in the near-term.
Pretty much my sentiments exactly. I sympathize but no... Well, Apple can if they want but "no" with regards to his position.
The father's letter tells Apple that "Although I share your philosophy in general, I think Apple should offer solutions for exceptional cases like mine,"
I have said this many times and this is a fine time to repeat it. If you're unwilling to accept the consequences of your beliefs, they're no beliefs so much as they're conveniences.
Yes, consequences includes persecution, prosecution, death, torture, and getting a free cake on Sunday.
I really, really want to take the low-hanging fruit for a reply and post it as an AC but I'll be the better man - today.
Still, that's pretty awesome.