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LAPD hacked into iPhone 5S belonging to slain wife of 'Shield' actor

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Re: LAPD hacked into iPhone 5S belonging to slain wife of 'Shield' actor

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Authorities allege about 8:30 p.m. on the day of the killing, a man called police from the actor’s cellphone, saying that he had just shot his wife to death. >A handgun was later recovered in the home.

If you were going to murder someone's wife, it would be a good misdirection, wouldn't it?

Using a phone that the police couldn't unlock but somehow the murderer could ?

Re: LAPD hacked into iPhone 5S belonging to slain wife of 'Shield' actor

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post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's one key difference: iOS doesn't automatically reboot itself at seemingly random times. If you choose "install later," it will make sure you aren't on the phone when it starts the process. That Windows loves to do it with no warning _while you are actively using the computer_ is what makes it annoying.

Actually I think Windows has always had a little popup in the bottom right which lets you cancel within about five minutes. But sure, you might happen to step away momentarily during that time. Thankfully browsers and editors now save and restore their last state, so an automatic reboot doesn't enrage me like it did in the WinXP days.

While that modal does exist, Windows for some reason does not give it always-on-top status, so if you have anything fullscreen running you'll never see it. There also seems to be a limit to the number of times you're allowed to delay a reboot, though I'm not entirely sure on that.

Re: LAPD hacked into iPhone 5S belonging to slain wife of 'Shield' actor

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...had no arrest history, according to public records, but divorce papers from a previous marriage include allegations of threats and domestic violence. Has there been a divorce in California in the last several decades in which child custody was an issue, which has not included such allegations? Are reporters really that ignorant, or do they just assume their readers are?

Well, in Logan, Walker, Jordan, and Horvath (2002) 40% of cases in Kentucky over a two year period did not mention violence (and the court ruling was largely insensitive to the presence or not of violence allegations).

Using the number "Domestic Violence-Related Calls for Assistance" as reference on how to scale from Kentucky to California, ~60 % of divorce cases will have no mention of violence.

(In 2004 Kentucky had 800 calls per 100 000 inhabitants and California had 500; the assumption is that number of allegations in hearings scale with the calls of assistance).

https://aifs.gov.au/publications/allegations-family-violence...

https://oag.ca.gov/crime/cjsc/stats/domestic-violence

http://www.ncdsv.org/fortcampbell/I-12_Kentucky%20DV%20Facts...

http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2004/tables/N...

Re: LAPD hacked into iPhone 5S belonging to slain wife of 'Shield' actor

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It's no wonder that Apple is becoming increasingly pushy about updates on iOS. I've noticed in the last few months that the new pop-up options are to either "remind me later" (and it absolutely will) or "update now." I think a huge part of it is trying to stay ahead of this security curve. Exploits are going to continue to be found in older versions of iOS (and every other piece of software, for that matter). It's ki…

It is interesting when Microsoft did the same with Windows most my peers were pretty outraged. Imagine clicking remind me later in the morning, start a long running process when you are just about to go to have lunch and coming back to Windows installing updates after a restart. I don't think Apple gains anything substantial from pushing security fixes, however eroding user control could be in their interest.

Um, there is a bit of a difference between how you use Windows and how you use iOS.

Notably, there is no real notion of long running process in iOS.

Re: LAPD hacked into iPhone 5S belonging to slain wife of 'Shield' actor

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It's no wonder that Apple is becoming increasingly pushy about updates on iOS. I've noticed in the last few months that the new pop-up options are to either "remind me later" (and it absolutely will) or "update now." I think a huge part of it is trying to stay ahead of this security curve. Exploits are going to continue to be found in older versions of iOS (and every other piece of software, for that matter). It's ki…

I am only concerned about the day than a NSL makes them push an update that backdoors or weakens security under the guise of something else.

would Apple be able to resist it? how would it become known they tried?

Re: LAPD hacked into iPhone 5S belonging to slain wife of 'Shield' actor

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post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's one key difference: iOS doesn't automatically reboot itself at seemingly random times. If you choose "install later," it will make sure you aren't on the phone when it starts the process. That Windows loves to do it with no warning _while you are actively using the computer_ is what makes it annoying.

Actually I think Windows has always had a little popup in the bottom right which lets you cancel within about five minutes. But sure, you might happen to step away momentarily during that time. Thankfully browsers and editors now save and restore their last state, so an automatic reboot doesn't enrage me like it did in the WinXP days.

On Windows Server 2012, if there are pending updates as soon as you RDP in it will start a 15 minute countdown with no option to cancel (at least no obvious one I could find). That's ridiculous.

Re: LAPD hacked into iPhone 5S belonging to slain wife of 'Shield' actor

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post #24

...had no arrest history, according to public records, but divorce papers from a previous marriage include allegations of threats and domestic violence. Has there been a divorce in California in the last several decades in which child custody was an issue, which has not included such allegations? Are reporters really that ignorant, or do they just assume their readers are?

Well, in Logan, Walker, Jordan, and Horvath (2002) 40% of cases in Kentucky over a two year period did not mention violence (and the court ruling was largely insensitive to the presence or not of violence allegations). Using the number "Domestic Violence-Related Calls for Assistance" as reference on how to scale from Kentucky to California, ~60 % of divorce cases will have no mention of violence. (In 2004 Kentucky ha…

Thank you for confirming my point that the domestic violence rate as reported in divorce proceedings far exceeds that as reported to police, by two orders of magnitude. (Presumably some of the reports to police are false, which lowers the actual rate even further. Many such reports are filed on the advice of divorce attorneys, after all.) Doesn't that seem like a fact that a serious journalist would include?

Re: LAPD hacked into iPhone 5S belonging to slain wife of 'Shield' actor

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post #7

Every time I hear about a husband -> wife murder case that doesn't involve a prior violent crime history or some large amount of physical and circumstantial evidence the two words that go through my mind are "tunnel vision," Without leads the cops just latch on to the only thing they have which is "well... ugh... divorce law gives him a monetary incentive to bust a cap in her ass now don't it?" I'd like to hear what…

This doesn't seem like a case of tunnel vision. The evidence and circumstances of the theory do seem to point towards the husband. Of course, the trial may reveal Jace's innocence, but there seems to be enough evidence that I don't think "lazy police work" applies in this case. Also: "Jace's attorney and the prosecutor assigned to his case could not be reached for comment."

"the trial may reveal Jace's innocence"

That's unfortunate. The system is suppose to prove his guilt, and assume innocence by default.

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