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Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

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Re: Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

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Post by imissmyjuno »

fumar wrote: post #474
pavel_lishin wrote: post #298

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had to trim down the number of playlists I store on my Nexus 4, which only has 16 gigs. I also have to be more cognizant of how many podcasts I download at the same time. I like my phone. But I don't think I'll ever buy anything without at least 32 gigs of storage, or a place to plug more memory in.

I recommend, uploading your music to Google Play. You do not have to worry about using up the space on the device.

Unless you have a data plan with less than 2GB of data, that is. And are OK with waiting a bit for things to buffer. With Google Music I end up offlining a lot of songs because data plans in Canada are terrible and because 3G isn't everywhere you want to listen to music. Add podcasts and you hit the storage limit in no time.

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Post by ihuman »

Bud wrote: post #660

Hey, not to break up the bash-the-NSA discussion, which is legit and badly needed, but did anyone notice just how bad the fact-checking is in this article? It's terrible. Error 1: article says the A7 is a "40x CPU performance bump". Wrong; it's 40x over the original iPhone, not over the A6. Error 2: article says graphics are "56x faster". Same error. Error 3: article claims the M7 is a motion sensor; it's not. It's a…

To be fair, error 1 and 2 came from Apple during the press conference.

Edit: I am wrong, ignore this.

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Post by AYBABTME »

themstheones wrote: post #178
meerita wrote: post #129

I visualize this: husband is sleeping deeply, wife picks up the phone and taps the home button while he's sleeping and unlocks the phone. Release the kraken.

If he doesn't have anything to hide from his wife then he has nothing to worry about.

There's a deeply nested thread, right above, of people arguing against that idea. You just need to replace 'wife' with 'NSA'.

I just point it out because I find it's funny.

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Post by mark_integerdsv »

gbog wrote: post #578
jsmeaton wrote: post #558

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We non-US citizens have even MORE to worry about, because there are no laws to protect us and our privacy. We are open season.

If you are in Europe then you may have better enforced laws protecting you. If you are in Africa your government might not have the expertise and resources to spy on you. If you are in China, well...

South African here - we have a lovely little bit of legislation known as RICA. Don't assume that African govts are backward in terms of technology.

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Post by samstave »

qq66 wrote: post #625
spangled wrote: post #593

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He's talking about this submission, not this site. There are dozens and dozens of other submissions where NSA discussion is more on-topic, and anybody here is free to submit their own article on the topic for discussion. That way, people that want to discuss the NSA at that moment can do so, and people that want to talk about something else can do so, too. To put it another way: the problem is not the topic . It's th…

How is it not on-topic to discuss NSA surveillance in a discussion about one of the world's most popular internet-connected devices collecting biometric data under the control of a large American corporation?

It is becoming crystal clear that people really do not understand how important this issue is, the degree to which it permeates this industry and how farked we are if we cannot begin to understand the foundational position we require in order to change it.

Thank you for your succinct statement, I have very little faith we will get through this any time soon given the reaction I see on HN, Reddit and other sites where the most seemingly qualified among us to do anything cannot even comprehend how pernicious this problem is.

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Post by bobbles »

Bud wrote: post #660

Hey, not to break up the bash-the-NSA discussion, which is legit and badly needed, but did anyone notice just how bad the fact-checking is in this article? It's terrible. Error 1: article says the A7 is a "40x CPU performance bump". Wrong; it's 40x over the original iPhone, not over the A6. Error 2: article says graphics are "56x faster". Same error. Error 3: article claims the M7 is a motion sensor; it's not. It's a…

I haven't been able to find a single forum/thread for the Apple announcements today (anywhere) that wasn't completely filled with either:

1) NSA flaming

2) 'lol no 5 inch / 1080p screen' style comments.

3) filled with disappointment that the iphone isnt a whole world more than what has been leaked.

How useful it would be to find a forum where actual on-topic discussion was visible and it was the crap that got filtered out, instead of the other way around.

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Post by mkhpalm »

kyleowen212 wrote: post #140
pilif wrote: post #73

Now that we have to consider the iPhones to be backdoored by the NSA, I wonder whether I really want to give them my fingerprint together with the rest of my data. I'm also not so sure whether a fingerprint can't still be easily faked (like it was possible on that Mythbusters episode for example). Personally, I think I'd rather stay with my passcode. Did you btw know that you can turn off "simple passcode" and then u…

I had to give my fingerprints when I got my drivers' license. I trust Apple's encryption way more than I trust the DMV's hack protection.

I don't think people are all that concerned about the dirty deeds of some nefarious black hat in this case. I think people are concerned about secret courts, a government that interprets its own laws, and a substantial portion of the public that hasn't graduated from issues commonly found in high school.

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Post by danenania »

eli wrote: post #469
pilif wrote: post #102

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Yes. And how exactly do we check this? Why is it that we can still trust Apple? For all we know, the data gets sent directly to the NSA or, if it doesn't, there might be some secret backdoor that will make the device send the data at a later point. The last round of leaks was specifically talking about backdoors with all bigger US companies in order to circumvent encryption. That's what I means by "we have to conside…

If you don't trust the iPhone not to steal your fingerprints then you probably shouldn't own an iPhone -- fingerprint reader or not. I mean, that's sort of obvious, no?

What phone should you own instead? It seems like the only choice if you want to real privacy is to stop using a phone at all, but that's obviously unrealistic for many people.

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Post by danenania »

mikeash wrote: post #280
jonknee wrote: post #238

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Not on high resolution cameras designed to record them attached to your identity.

How hard would it be to run a mobile scanner over public surfaces and correlate the data with security camera footage? In any case, we're talking about devices that can already spy on you to an enormous extent (conversations, photos, e-mail, passwords, plenty more). Fingerprints seem way down the list of important things they could be stealing.

"How hard would it be to run a mobile scanner over public surfaces and correlate the data with security camera footage?"

For the NSA? A hell of a lot harder than backdooring iPhones.

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Post by jsmeaton »

AngrySkillzz wrote: post #626
gbog wrote: post #578

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If you are in Europe then you may have better enforced laws protecting you. If you are in Africa your government might not have the expertise and resources to spy on you. If you are in China, well...

I think he means that it is even easier for the US government to spy on you if you're outside of America, not that your domestic government might.

Yes, that is indeed what I meant.
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