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

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

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NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #535
mptest wrote: post #420

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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…

>I mean, by way of the atrocities we've committed around the world, we kinda do. I've committed no atrocities. Going to guess that you've committed no atrocities. What atrocities did occur, most of those who committed those are dead, the rest are senile in nursing homes. I have no guilt and certainly feel no guilt for those events. >it's a useful soft power strategy. Sure, if you're some sort of tyrant. I thought the…

>Sure, if you're some sort of tyrant. I thought the left was against colonialism... but you guys really just one a more clever, subtle colonialism eh? Figures

Drastic misrepresentation. I made no value judgements. I simply offered reasons why the above commenter may be wrong. from different points of view. You misunderstand or are naive to the spectrum of how parasitic to symbiotic those soft power relationships can be

> What you're saying is that no cuts can or should be made, unless they are your favorite cuts first. And maybe after you get those, no others need be made at all.

Nope, just saying there's pretty clear science behind where money could be better spent besides billions in forever wars. Maybe start there? 9$ trillion on pointless wars in the middle east comes to mind? google a map of countries we've overthrown the democratic leader of if you want more examples. all the shahs men is useful too. i could go on.

> I've committed no atrocities. Going to guess that you've committed no atrocities. What atrocities did occur, most of those who committed those are dead, the rest are senile in nursing homes. I have no guilt and certainly feel no guilt for those events

It's not about that. someone simply had to pay that debt. sorry to tell you those bills they wracked up to accumulate wealth are coming due for the rest of us right or not.

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

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Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 »

1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #380

"Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make[sic] them harder to hack." Funny to see disabling "features" itself described as "feature" Why not call it a "setting" Most iPhone users do not change default settings. That's why Google pays Apple billions of dollars for a default setting that sends data about users to Google "Lockdown Mode" is not a default setting The phrase "somet…

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

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Post by simulator5g »

TheDong wrote: post #250

I find it so frustrating that Lockdown Mode is so all-or-nothing. I want some of the lockdown stuff (No facetime and message attachments from strangers, no link previews, no device connections), but like half of the other ones I don't want. Why can't I just toggle an iMessage setting for "no link preview, no attachments", or a general setting for "no automatic device connection to untrusted computers while locked"? W…

The main point of lockdown mode is to provide security against state sponsored attacks against journalists. If it was granular the attackers would exploit whichever switches most people leave off. It would be a cat/mouse game until all the switches were turned on. So Apple skipped to the end of the game.

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

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whynotminot wrote: post #252
handedness wrote: post #226

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But that's not what I said. My point was that your stated assumption of what the norms are is inaccurate. If nearly every modern administration does it, that is literally the norm. The present administration, like many before it, is following the norm. The norm is the broader issue. Which makes the rest of it (and your followup) come across as needlessly tribal, as both major parties are consistently guilty of tendin…

Frankly I really don’t care about both sides-ism anymore. I can agree with you that a lot of administrations have been irresponsible on this point while also believing that the current administration is particularly dangerous in this area. If I lose you here because of “needless tribalism” oh well.

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

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Post by everdrive »

ziml77 wrote: post #531
mghackerlady wrote: post #404

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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

The phone network already needs to know where your phone is to be able to route incoming calls. Also, I don't get how the situation with your home internet connection changes much. Your ISP knows exactly where you are because your house doesn't move.

The phone network has a low-resolution triangulation. It does not have high-precision GPS, potentially augmented by WiFi and bluetooth. And it doesn't sell its signaling data to anyone and everyone. Equivocating smartphone tracking with cell tower pinging is disingenuous.
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