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• On the post: Crowdfunded Prize For Open Source Jailbreaking iOS7 To Improve Accessibility

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 31 Dec, 2013 @ 09:34am

  So...

  iOS7 has been jailbroken. So Mike, are you going to code up a nice accessibility app for your poor friend now?
  
  Be sure to let us know when it's done.

• On the post: Crowdfunded Prize For Open Source Jailbreaking iOS7 To Improve Accessibility

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2013 @ 07:09pm

  Mike, it's pretty sad that you're letting your personal views of Apple get in the way of your job once again. You're advocating for malware to be developed that could expose hundreds of millions of devices to attack. It's bad enough that Android has so many attack vectors, you do no service to your readers trying to add one to the more secure iOS.

• On the post: Apple's Fingerprint ID And How It May Take Away Your 5th Amendment Right To Protect Your Data

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2013 @ 07:34pm

  No.

  The scanner on the iPhone uses optics and RF, it won't be fooled by photos, gummi bears or cut off fingers. The stored scan data is more like a hash than an image; the NSA hacking your phone and grabbing that data doesn't do them much good.
  
  As for the tinfoil hats, Apple is a hardware and services company, they have little incentive to steal your data or allow it to be stolen. As opposed to, say, a mobile operating system developer who is also the world's largest ad network.

• On the post: Telcos Refused To Sign On To 'Let Us Be Transparent About Surveillance' Letter

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2013 @ 08:32am

  Re: Re: Capitalism

  With communism the government owns the corporations. What you have is a system where the corporations own the government. That's capitalism - everyone hails the almighty dollar. It's also very conservative (as opposed to liberal)
  
  While I agree there's the potential for this spying to be used against political adversaries, I think it's a bit tinfoil hatish to say that's happening already, and given this system was put in place during the Bush administration it clearly wasn't designed to keep Obama in power.

• On the post: Telcos Refused To Sign On To 'Let Us Be Transparent About Surveillance' Letter

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2013 @ 08:24am

  Capitalism

  Ain't capitalism grand? Money is more important than people in your country.
  
  Mike, you forgot to mention Apple in your short list of companies who fought against joining your fine country's spying scheme.

• On the post: Accessing A Public Website Is Not A Crime, And Craigslist Should Back Away From Its Lawsuit Claiming Such

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2013 @ 08:20am

  Accessible == redistributable?

  I'm not sure I agree that just because something is publicly available on the internet that anyone else can copy and post that information on their own site, particularly for commercial gain. What if instead of ads these were pictures or videos? Would it still be ok in your mind, Mike, for some other site to scrape that content and publish it themselves, even if with attribution?
  
  I'm not a fan of litigation over these sorts of things in general but I can't help but see CL's point here.

• On the post: CBS Says It Could Move To Cable In A 'Few Days' If Aereo Wins; Receives Several Offers To Help Pack Its Bags

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 02 May, 2013 @ 08:29pm

  Old news

  You just found this out now?

• On the post: Two More Politicians Claim Video Games Are The Real 'Problem'

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2013 @ 09:08am

  Follow the money

  What I like about this argument is how easy it makes it to see who's in the NRA's back pocket.

• On the post: News Corp. Finally Realizes Locked Up, iPad-Only News Publication Was A Dud, Shuts It Down

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2012 @ 04:32pm

  The iPad was a good call, it's by far the best and most popular tablet. The problem is that so much news can be had for free, so why pay for it? Apps like Flipboard and Pulse launched while thy were trying to convince people to pay. Oops.
  
  Mike you'd look a lot more like a real journalist if you left your anti-Apple bias out of your writing.

• On the post: The SHOCKING Photos That Violated Facebook's Policies!

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2012 @ 09:36am

  I'm trying to figure out how this is news.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Stop Filling Your Brain With Nonsense

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 06 Dec, 2012 @ 06:25pm

  The is why advertising should be avoided.

• On the post: How The Video Game Industry Was Launched 40 Years Ago… Thanks To Infringement

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2012 @ 10:41am

  "For all the talk of how infringement "harms" the inventor, if someone else can build a massive market where the originator failed, isn't that better for society and the economy?"
  
  You switched subjects there. In this case it would have been better for the inventor if Atari hadn't ripped him off.
  
  I'm as anti-copyright as you are but I don't have any illusions about inventors being "helped" by having their ideas copied.

• On the post: Another Key Motorola vs. Apple Patent Trial Tossed Out By A Judge Frustrated With Apple's Games

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2012 @ 06:03am

  umm no

  The case being thrown out doesn't weaken the FTC's argument, the fact that the FTC has an argument shows that the case shouldn't have been thrown out.
  
  Mike, it's a pity your bias against Apple prevents you from seeing things as they are.

• On the post: Judge Slaps Down Apple For Its Bogus Non-Apology Apology

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 02:00pm

  Re:

  They're not trying to "win more purchases" they're simply pointing out that Samsung ripped them off. And it's working.

• On the post: Big Name Musicians Threaten To Strike Over Parlophone Sell-Off After Discovering They're 'Just Assets'

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2012 @ 06:36am

  Bye

  This is a great start. Now if only all the other commercially signed bands would stop releasing albums we could finally start improving the signal-to-noise ratio of today's music.
  
  Support your local indie.

• On the post: Google Follows Apple In Unnecessarily Pulling App That Allowed A Little Girl To Speak

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2012 @ 10:39am

  So the patent system should be ignored when the patent in question is used by a child that can't talk. Or is being claimed by Apple.
  
  Slowly your interesting view of the world is coming into view Mike.

• On the post: Hackers Get Personal Info On 12-Million Apple Users… From An FBI Laptop

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2012 @ 09:46am

  MIGHT

  Hackers MIGHT HAVE gotten Personal Info On 12-Million Apple Users, you mean.
  
  There's no proof any of this is legit yet.

• On the post: Samsung/Apple Jury Foreman's Explanation For Verdict Shows He Doesn't Understand Prior Art

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2012 @ 09:23pm

  Wrong again Mike

  Just give it up Mike. All the post-mortem nit picking in the world doesn't change the fact that Sammy obviously ripped off Apple. The nits are just how a patent case is fought, they're not really the point.

• On the post: EU Censorship Plan With A Cheesy Name: The Clean IT Project

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2012 @ 12:48pm

  FIFY

  "The internet plays a central role and is of great strategic importance for governments and extremist media companies. These governments/corporations know that propaganda is a critical tool for generating funding, recruits and support for their cause within their ridings/markets. Historically they have used a variety of media channels, such as television, radio and publishing, in order to communicate their views. During the past decade of huge global growth of the internet, the US government and media corporation-influenced extremists for example, have made increasing use of this medium. The internet and its fast and anonymous means can contribute to governmental/corporate radicalization processes. There are concerns about the illegal use of the internet for copyright purposes and the misuse of legal / neutral websites. The question is if we can limit the use of the internet for governmental and copyright purposes, without affecting our online freedom. Therefore this project is based on a private dialogue."

• On the post: Network TV Execs Discover What Pirates Always Knew: Making Stuff Available Online Is Good Marketing

  

  Graham J ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2012 @ 09:04am

  Re: What I'd do

  Blasphemy! I'm reporting you to the MPAA.

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