@Dashrender said in Damaged/Lost Iphone in default setup - HIPAA secure?:

@scottalanmiller said in Damaged/Lost Iphone in default setup - HIPAA secure?:

If the question is "Can Israeli quasi-government hacking agencies get your data if necessary", then no. But it was never secure at all.

LOL - Not sure where the Israeli quasi thing came from - but thanks for the laugh.

The world's most advanced hacking toolsets are made by arm's length government contractors in Israel. That's where that tech is currently made pretty much regardless of which governments are using it.

@penguinwrangler Yes mine had a nice led screen on front with different views for bandwidth, wifi clients, time, etc. But it never got updates.

@matteo-nunziati said in US Senate Questions Apple About Intentional Slowdown of iPhones:

This Apple this is border line ti me @scottalanmiller is right but for sure more relevant things happen in real life...

That's a fair idea, but it relies on the premise that the Senate is overworked and has no time to do important things. But in reality, the Senate does very little work and has loads of free time.

These are lawmakers, remember, and the investigation is to determine if there is a gap in the law protecting Americans from monopoly abuse or consumer abuse. This is very much their jobs and honestly, impacts the average American far more than most things that the Senate does. This is actually pretty decently important within their scope of things.

There are certainly a great number of other things that they could be doing. But that's not the alternative. The alternative is "how many other things would they be doing?" And if they didn't have this iPhone issue, they'd probably just take more time off. And it is not likely the Senate doing this, but a subcommittee of like three people looking for some information while other subcommittees work on gather similar info about myriad other issues.

There are two reasons we don't see much work come out of the Senate. One is that they are lawmakers and in theory, we don't want new laws very often. New laws should be few and far between or it means our old laws aren't very good. The second is that there are tons of things that people won't agree on or if a vote is taken something awful might happen. So things that have no chance of passing or might end in disaster are often avoided, regardless of available free time.

@dashrender said in Mileage tracking app - any suggestions?:

Well - apparently our tax advisors have stated that we only need to monitor driving habits for two weeks, then use that data to extrapolate the expected business trips and do math... /sigh.. whatever.

Yeah, that's way easier.

I just like apples, what can I say?

@dustinb3403 said in In Other News - iPhone 8 has earpiece issues:

@minion-queen said in In Other News - iPhone 8 has earpiece issues:

I can't imagine having that not work. I use it constantly (though I have broken I think like 6 pairs of the ear buds).

I generally just have my ear buds get into a massive knot and then I throw them out in a rage.

Well sure, but earbuds suck. Get some damn headphones.

If you have a mac you can use apple device configurator wmby which devoces can be pre cofigured and push apps. Catch is you need to use usb cable and configure phones one by one

Dolphin does not see it.

Nemo sees it,.. 100GB device.

@JaredBusch said in iTunes: Authorize previous Authorized computer:

@gjacobse said in iTunes: Authorize previous Authorized computer:

So - I am again being prompted to Authorize a computer that was authorized for iTunes - else may iOS apps will be deleted.

Has anyone encountered this?

You changed something. Because I have never once had to reauthorize a computer that was already authorized.

Additionally, Apple does not "delete" anything. as it is all tied to your account.

I changed something.. iTunes updated my iOS device to the latest version of the iOS -

Yea, I know Apple doesn't delete anything - it's nice that they don't - but also quite annoying as I have apps (free) that I would like to erase from the history....

@Kelly said in Jamf- Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple TV management solution:

@scottalanmiller said in Jamf- Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple TV management solution:

@Kelly said in Jamf- Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple TV management solution:

We're using Jamf, and it is pretty decent. With recent changes to permissions in macOS, a solution like Jamf will be the only way you can actually control certain settings. Apple is no longer content with merely ignoring professional users, but is now actively trying to eliminate them.

I think that that actually started long ago.

10.12.x is much worse that what came before. There are a significant portion of system level settings that you cannot touch even as root.

Wow, that's just crazy.

@gjacobse said in Linux and Windows argument:

@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:

@momurda said in Linux and Windows argument:

@op's question:
So now what do you do? If I drop completely to Linux - something like this would become a rather annoying event. As someone that has five iPads (in use), four iPods and two iPhones, that could get damn right perturbing.

Stop using Apple products would be my answer. Though you seem to be in too deep already.

That doesn't make sense though - Scott is a HUGE apple fan, and he's on Linux now too.

I tend to agree with Scott's comment earlier, if this is a problem, borrow a friends computer.

So - take @scottalanmiller and the fact that he is now over seas - how practical is borrowing a friends computer?

I can borrow my daughter's.

@Minion-Queen said in iPhone Turns On When Picked Up or Moved:

It doesn't light up in my pocket but since my clothes rarely have pockets I am hanging on to my phone all the time, therein lies the issue for me.

That's a big one. Anytime I move from room to room or shift around my desk, it would light up.

@bzeches said in IOS update on a 5S:

@Reid-Cooper after the 4th try it took...will run with this and see if not to the apple store I go! Thanks for all the help!

Good luck.

@Dashrender said in Update your iOS devices. This flaw is a doozy.:

What is your driving feature(s)?

Not what I have 😛

I want Windows 10 Mobile to be stable, supported, and have a thriving app ecosystem with all the major apps. And a pony.

Now that that is out of the way, I like the consistency of iOS, but I don't like iOS. iOS X is light years better from a UX perspective imo than iOS 9 was, but there are still niggling little things that annoy me. And Apple irritates me on so many levels, and that irritation is only exacerbated by managing a network that is 95% Mac.

I don't know Android well enough to know what I want there, but I dislike what Samsung has done with their bloat ware. I was looking at Nexus for my WP replacement, but Alphabet chose to kill that in favor of a flagship that is more aimed at a consumer, than creating a clean experience (I'm guessing, not having used a Pixel).

OnePlus 3 looks promising. If I had to choose today it would probably be one of these.

@scottalanmiller said in Cambridge Proves FBI Lied About Needing iPhone Backdoor:

@NattNatt said in Cambridge Proves FBI Lied About Needing iPhone Backdoor:

@pchiodo said in Cambridge Proves FBI Lied About Needing iPhone Backdoor:

The goal was never to get into just one phone. They wanted a legal precedent that would allow them to force a manufacturer to assist in breaking any phone, along with the potential to use the same case to force manufacturers to provide an encryption back door.

But they already have that? The smurf toolset gives all of that anyways doesn't it...?

Yes, but they'd have to admit having it. So mostly this was probably an attempt to get people to think (And it worked too) that they didn't have a capability that they already clearly have. It wasn't just about getting legal power, it was about trying to hide their actual toolsets.

It's not called Smurf in the US, but we buy Smurf from the UK and rebrand it, I'm told.

Yeah, the good old Snowden leak gave away far more than they ever wanted to be known...

Yeah, I knew it's a joint op between GCHQ and the NSA, wasn't sure as to which side "made" more of it etc

@IRJ said in The iPhone's hardware may be closed, but iOS is more open than ever:

Now we are calling adding smileys and integration with yelp, and uber as being more open than ever?

Apparently, yes. But it is true technically as well. Does not mean it is very open compared to FOSS software, but in context it is true.