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iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Re: iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Post by astrange »

omeid2 wrote: post #175
hobs wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I say this from direct corporate experience working directly with Apple, so I don't mind the downvotes, just people who have no idea what's going on.

If you ever think downvotes means anything, remember that any criticism of pornography or a simple fact of saying "C is unsafe" gets downvoted into oblivion here.

This seems like a weird place to criticize pornography.

I have noticed that whenever I post truly unknown correct things I've learned at work that I get paid for knowing, I'm more likely to get voted to -2ish or even have people reply to say they don't believe me.

Though, if I reply to them and just restate the same thing in different words, that one always gets upvoted.

So I think people just like to see an argument.

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Post by offices »

rob74 wrote: post #221
planb wrote: post #161

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I have auto lock disabled, because I'm the one to decide when I don't need to look at my screen anymore. But that's different from not requiring faceid/passcode upon unlock.

Same for me - has worked for a few years now. The only hitch is when I allow someone else to use the phone and they just put it down after use expecting the screen to lock automatically, which it won't...

I often find myself leaving my phone unlocked on the table while I do something else, knowing that locking it risks the app I'm using discarding my state so it can show me more Content despite me having more than adequate RAM. I don't have it set to Never, but it is longer than default to accommodate this.

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Post by danbruc »

In 1972 flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived falling from 33k feet [1] pinned inside the remains of the fuselage after an explosion destroyed her airplane mid-flight killing everyone else.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87

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Post by grotorea »

esrauch wrote: post #278
Daneel_ wrote: post #222

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Precisely. I’ll choose when to lock the screen - what if I’m using it to read a recipe, or looking up documentation, or I have a map on screen? Etc etc.

It seems like you should still have an auto lock to 30 minutes? Events way less drastic than an airplane door blowing off can cause you to not be able to lock your phone, like someone just snatching it out of your hand on the subway (where in theory they could keep it awake indefinitely with a 30 minute timeout but they very probably won't)

I think the phone thieves have figured this out by now and will keep it unlocked even if it's a 30 seconds timeout.

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Post by rad_gruchalski »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #141
rad_gruchalski wrote: post #39

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My nokia never needed a condom, it would vomit its battery upon hitting the ground but after a little bit of massaging, it was fine.

> nokia never needed a condom Neither does my iPhone. Unless cosmetic marks irritate you, they’re plenty durable without a case.

The three iPhones laying on my desk with a cracked screen due to a fall from the height of roughly one meter beg to differ. Good to hear they can survive for some, though.

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

donkeyd wrote: post #261
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #239

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I do the same. I make sure to use FaceID, though. I also almost never use apps like dedicated banking apps or social media apps; instead, using Safari. I know folks that don’t lock, and don’t use Face/Touch ID, because convenience (or paranoia). I’m not sure that’s a good idea. We have our whole lives in these devices, and they could do a lot of damage. There’s an old movie, called Taking Care of Business [0], where…

> I also almost never use apps like dedicated banking apps or social media apps; instead, using Safari. Nearly every bank I know of recommends using apps over their website, since in general they're safer than using their websites. But I'm in The Netherlands and I don't know whether banking apps in different countries have the same security standards.

I solve that, by not doing banking with my phone.

Social media and store loyalty apps are basically just PID harvesters.

In fact, I have a couple of solitaire games that are constantly nagging me to join leaderboards and take community challenges.

All my financial transactions are done with my Mac, which sits behind a fairly robust home network.

I know, for certain, that banking apps are the #1 first target, for hackers.

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Post by offices »

I think the positioning is even more amazing than the survival. OP's feed doesn't look like they were intentionally searching for it, so the phone had to land close enough to a road/path for someone to be likely to walk past it and see it but not a) onto the road b) into the bush a few feet away.

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Post by kiririn »

snvzz wrote: post #82
kiririn wrote: post #76

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A locked phone is exactly what you want in an emergency /s

Emergency functionality works irrespective of lock status.

Of course, however I am imagining a car accident where a phone was displaying maps/music/etc suddenly locking itself. The screen being lit up could save valuable seconds in finding it when it’s tossed around the car

But judging by the downvotes there is something I am missing with this

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Post by trelane »

bufio wrote: post #194
paulddraper wrote: post #180

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Then why does my phone break when I drop it?

Low LUCK attribute.

Guess they chose a different feat then. Or took the +2 ability bump instead of a feat.

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Post by walteweiss »

shawabawa3 wrote: post #267
walteweiss wrote: post #263

I don’t get it. The original tweet says the phone has been found near the road. Where are all the guesses that the phone fell from an airplane? Could it be someone opening email in the car, and someone else (a kid) to take the phone and throw it out of the window. Then they decide ‘oh, duck we don’t have time to look for it’ and continue their journey without the phone. That’s my first thought after reading the origi…

The phone was open to an email of an Alaska Air flight confirmation for the specific flight that it fell out of. That's pretty solid evidence

Cannot the email be opened prior to the flight, while being in a car?
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