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Re: FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled

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Post by fragmede »

orwin wrote: post #376
macintux wrote: post #274

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There appear to be a relatively few possibilities. * The reporter lied. * The reporter forgot. * Apple devices share fingerprint matching details and another device had her details (this is supposed to be impossible, and I have no reason to believe it isn't). * The government hacked the computer such that it would unlock this way (probably impossible as well). * The fingerprint security is much worse than years of ev…

My opinion is that she set it up, it didn't work at first, she didn't use it, forgot that it existed, and here we are. > Apple devices share fingerprint matching details and another device had her details I looked into it quite seriously for windows thinkpads, unless Apple do it differently, you cannot share fingerprint, they're in a local chip and never move.

So how does TouchID on an external keyboard work without having to re-set up fingerprints?

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Post by TylerLives »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #398
ebbi wrote: post #391

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Dunno, I'd rather have unabused kids than the technological breakthroughs he has contributed to. Anyone being giddy to meet with a convicted pedo is very sus in my books, and deserves no respect, regardless of their prior contributions. Children were exploited, and we're doing this net positive analysis on whether he should face the scorn. I'm not having a go at you - it's just frustrating to see very little happenin…

> I'd rather have unabused kids than the technological breakthroughs he has contributed to I'd rather have both. Hawthorne doesn't get nuked if Elon Musk goes to jail. > Children were exploited Abuse. Exploitation. CSAM. We're mushing words. Child rape. These men raped children. Others not only stayed silent in full knowledge of it, but supported it directly and indirectly. More than that, they arrogantly assumed–and…

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Re: FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled

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Post by C6JEsQeQa5fCjE »

pyrophane wrote: post #326
asadm wrote: post #311

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Maybe. I don't think we yet have a good understanding of how many deaths he will have caused as a result of DOGE so abruptly cutting off assistance to so many vulnerable people around the world, but I've heard estimates hover around 600,000. Assuming that number turns out to be close to reality, how do you weigh so many unnecessary deaths against VTL rockets and the electric cars? Perhaps a practitioner of Effective…

> I don't think we yet have a good understanding of how many deaths he will have caused as a result of DOGE so abruptly cutting off assistance to so many vulnerable people around the world

Nor how many deaths will be caused by his support for far right parties across Europe, when they start ethnic cleansings.

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Post by NetMageSCW »

parl_match wrote: post #319
patrickmay wrote: post #258

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Is the knowledge of which finger to use protected as much as a passcode? Law enforcement might have the authority to physically hold the owner's finger to the device, but it seems that the owner has the right to refuse to disclose which finger is the right one. If law enforcement doesn't guess correctly in a few tries, the device could lock itself and require the passcode. Another reason to use my dog's nose instead…

I really wish Apple would offer a pin option on macos. For this reason, precisely. Either that, or an option to automatically disable touchid after a short amount of time (eg an hour or if my phone doesn't connect to the laptop)

You can script a time out if desired.

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Post by C6JEsQeQa5fCjE »

ElevenLathe wrote: post #375
b8 wrote: post #365

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They can hold you in contempt for 18 months for not giving your password, https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/man-who-refused-... .

Being held in contempt at least means you got a day in court first. A judge telling me to give up my password is different than a dozen armed, masked secret police telling me to.

> A judge telling me to give up my password is different than a dozen armed, masked secret police telling me to.

Yes, a judge is unlikely to order your execution if you refuse. Based on recent pattern of their behavior, masked secret police who are living their wildest authoritarian dreams are likely to execute you if you anger them (for example by refusing to comply with their desires).

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Post by roboror »

asadm wrote: post #386
pyrophane wrote: post #326

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Maybe. I don't think we yet have a good understanding of how many deaths he will have caused as a result of DOGE so abruptly cutting off assistance to so many vulnerable people around the world, but I've heard estimates hover around 600,000. Assuming that number turns out to be close to reality, how do you weigh so many unnecessary deaths against VTL rockets and the electric cars? Perhaps a practitioner of Effective…

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I've seen corruption in the police. Government. Hospitals. Do you support immediately shuttering those offices with no replacements?

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Post by CGMthrowaway »

AdamN wrote: post #280
stronglikedan wrote: post #253

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If people don't have Signal set to delete sensitive messages quickly, then they may as well just be texting.

That's a strong statement. Also imho it's important that we use Signal for normal stuff like discussing where to get coffee tomorrow - no need for disappearing messages there.

Strong and accurate. Considering non-disappearing messages the same as texts is not the same thing as saying all Signal messages ought to be disappearing or else the app is useless.

Telegram allows you to have distinct disappearing settings for each chat/group. Not sure how it works on Signal, but a solution like this could be possible.

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Post by LoganDark »

mghackerlady wrote: post #404
rantingdemon wrote: post #397

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I'll bite. Why is it so terrible? I'm browsing this site right now on my phone and don't see the horror.

Phone networks by design track you more precisely than possible over a conventional internet connection to facilitate the automatic connection to the nearest available network. Also, for similar reasons it requires the phone network to know that it is your phone

You don't need to connect to the internet for that. It has nothing to do with web browsing at all.

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Post by joecool1029 »

nova22033 wrote: post #236

Remember...they can make you use touch id...they can't make you give them your password. https://x.com/runasand/status/2017659019251343763?s=20 The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it.

> they can't make you give them your password.

Except when they can: https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-134/state-v-andrews/

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Post by mptest »

NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #395
pyrophane wrote: post #326

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Maybe. I don't think we yet have a good understanding of how many deaths he will have caused as a result of DOGE so abruptly cutting off assistance to so many vulnerable people around the world, but I've heard estimates hover around 600,000. Assuming that number turns out to be close to reality, how do you weigh so many unnecessary deaths against VTL rockets and the electric cars? Perhaps a practitioner of Effective…

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> The US taxpayer has no moral obligation to send welfare "around the world".

I mean, by way of the atrocities we've committed around the world, we kinda do.

Even if we buy your thesis, foregoing morals, geopolitics, and history, it's a useful soft power strategy...

I'm not saying fund USAID before healthcare for all in america. I'm saying of all the insane things our government wastes money on, USAID was far down on the list of most egregious.

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