Category: #apple
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Apple protecting its customers
Word has it todaythat anyone going to the Tor website is tracked by the NSA after that. So if you clicked that link, you’re now a high value target for the NSA. Just by coincidence I past the Apple store in Amsterdam today to ask for a new battery for my laptop. Out of curiosity […]
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Prism Documents
_ Greetings Netizens, and Citizens of the world. Anonymous has obtained some documents that “they” do not want you to see, and much to “their” chagrin, we have found them, and are giving them to you.These documents prove that the NSA is spying on you, and not just Americans. They are spying on the citizens […]
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The mud puddle test
The mud puddle testYou don’t have to dig through Apple’s ToS to determine how they store their encryption keys. There’s a much simpler approach that I call the ‘mud puddle test’: First, drop your devices in a mud puddle. Next, slip in said puddle and crack yourself on the head. When you regain consciousness you’ll […]
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Owning it
In many ways, the whole ownership model just seems poorly suited to duplicable technology. Square peg, pentalobe hole. When we try to force new technology into the old model, our contracts end up sounding really, well, creepy. In fact, some licensing contracts stipulate that the people who sign them are not allowed to talk about […]
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Apple’s Crystal Prison and the Future of Open Platforms
Apple’s recent products, especially their mobile iOS devices, are like beautiful crystal prisons, with a wide range of restrictions imposed by the OS, the hardware, and Apple’s contracts with carriers as well as contracts with developers. Only users who can hack or “jailbreak” their devices can escape these limitations. link to the article on the […]