February 23, 201610 yr Is anyone familiar with the Purism project? https://www.crowdsupply.com/purism/librem-15 It seems like an interesting idea, although the price point for the hardware puts it in a niche market.
February 23, 201610 yr My phone has been having problems with its GPS for the past month or two. It will be fine to find the place I want to go to but once I actually start driving the signal always goes out and takes a few min to reconnect, does that over and over. At first I thought it was just the navigation app but then I downloaded another one today and tried it with no luck, had the same problem. Anybody experience this before? I have an LG G3 through Sprint
February 23, 201610 yr First all, thank you to Y2HH for the contributions regarding FBI vs. Apple. His support on this topic is solid and I couldn't have said it better. Changing gears a little, the "post Snowden" era has increased the visibility of issues like this that many more people are conscience more than ever. Including Apple themselves. I'll finish my post with this: "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” Edited February 23, 201610 yr by Whitewashed in '05
February 24, 201610 yr QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Feb 23, 2016 -> 05:04 PM) My phone has been having problems with its GPS for the past month or two. It will be fine to find the place I want to go to but once I actually start driving the signal always goes out and takes a few min to reconnect, does that over and over. At first I thought it was just the navigation app but then I downloaded another one today and tried it with no luck, had the same problem. Anybody experience this before? I have an LG G3 through Sprint First guess - something in the car interfering with the signal pickup? That seems to be an initial commonality. If you take a jog somewhere or walk around a parking lo does it track you?
February 24, 201610 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 23, 2016 -> 07:09 PM) First guess - something in the car interfering with the signal pickup? That seems to be an initial commonality. If you take a jog somewhere or walk around a parking lo does it track you? I have an '05 grand am and have had the same car the whole time and have never had a problem. I can't imagine it being something in the car. I haven't tried that. I usually only use the gps for navigation
February 24, 201610 yr QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Feb 23, 2016 -> 07:23 PM) I have an '05 grand am and have had the same car the whole time and have never had a problem. I can't imagine it being something in the car. I haven't tried that. I usually only use the gps for navigation Do reset/restore and see if that fixes it.
February 24, 201610 yr Mike Morse @mikemorsesays Feb 22 For those who believe in all those elaborate conspiracy theories, reflect on the fact that the US government can't unlock a goddamn iPhone.
February 25, 201610 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 24, 2016 -> 09:29 AM) Do reset/restore and see if that fixes it. Just did that. Pain in the ass lol. I will try the gps tomorrow and see what happens
February 25, 201610 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 24, 2016 -> 09:29 AM) Do reset/restore and see if that fixes it. Update: Didn't work. Something must be wrong with the phone
March 1, 201610 yr QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 11:12 AM) NY Judge Scolds US in its Fight with Apple A ruling I was happy to see... And this in today, from the FBI/Apple testimony in the San Bernardino case... "Under questioning from members of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, FBI Director James Comey admitted that his agency would "of course" seek to use the precedent gained from a win in the San Bernardino to unlock other phones." Uh huh...exactly as I figured. http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/03/01/...bernardino-case
March 4, 201610 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 24, 2016 -> 09:50 AM) Mike Morse @mikemorsesays Feb 22 For those who believe in all those elaborate conspiracy theories, reflect on the fact that the US government can't unlock a goddamn iPhone. Speaking of conspiracy theories, here is the San Bernardino DA joining in on the fun. This is a cartoon. San Bernardino prosecutor raises concerns about ‘cyber pathogen’ in terrorist's iPhone The district attorney of San Bernardino County, Michael Ramos, has raised concerns about the possibility of a “dormant cyber pathogen” in the iPhone 5c used by a terrorist in attacks in the county on Dec. 2. Security experts are questioning whether such a thing as a cyber pathogen at all exists. The submission was made in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Eastern Division, which recently ordered Apple to help the FBI unlock by brute force the iPhone used by terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook. Apple has refused to help the FBI and raised privacy and security issues. The iPhone, owned by San Bernardino County, may have connected to the county computer network, and “may contain evidence that can only be found on the seized phone that it was used as a weapon to introduce a lying dormant cyber pathogen that endangers San Bernardino County’s infrastructure,” according to the court filing. But Jonathan Zdziarski, an expert in iOS related digital forensics and security, said in a blog post that he had found no evidence after a Google search of any such pathogen. “There is absolutely nothing in the universe that knows what a cyber pathogen is,” he wrote. The statements are not only misleading, but amount to “blatant fear mongering,” Zdziarski wrote. He added that they were designed to “manipulate the court into making a ruling for the FBI.” http://www.pcworld.com/article/3040729/leg...sts-iphone.html
March 4, 201610 yr QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Mar 4, 2016 -> 09:08 AM) Speaking of conspiracy theories, here is the San Bernardino DA joining in on the fun. This is a cartoon. San Bernardino prosecutor raises concerns about ‘cyber pathogen’ in terrorist's iPhone He google searched it, found nothing, so it is OK? Ha, WTF?
March 4, 201610 yr QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Mar 4, 2016 -> 09:08 AM) Speaking of conspiracy theories, here is the San Bernardino DA joining in on the fun. This is a cartoon. San Bernardino prosecutor raises concerns about ‘cyber pathogen’ in terrorist's iPhone They're so desperate to get the public on their side that they're just making s*** up now. What's frightening is the people in these high profile positions seriously sound like they get their information from episodes of NCIS or something.
March 22, 201610 yr Hm. Imagine that. The FBI says it may have found a way to crack into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists without Apple's help. While it explores this option, a federal judge has postponed Tuesday's hearing that would have been the next step in the battle to get Apple to follow a court order to cooperate. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/201...out-apples-help Impeccable timing, what with the hearing being scheduled to take place tomorrow (3/22) and all.
March 22, 201610 yr QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Mar 21, 2016 -> 10:25 PM) Hm. Imagine that. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/201...out-apples-help Impeccable timing, what with the hearing being scheduled to take place tomorrow (3/22) and all. I love how its "cracking" the iphone. They should have given it to an 11 year old kid and gotten out of the way.
March 22, 201610 yr QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Mar 21, 2016 -> 10:25 PM) Hm. Imagine that. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/201...out-apples-help Impeccable timing, what with the hearing being scheduled to take place tomorrow (3/22) and all. This is just a short term delay. It's just a matter of time before a newer iPhone ends up in their hands under similar conditions where they revive the case. The iPhone in question is an iPhone 5C running and old version of iOS8. So many exploits and bugs have been patched since that they'll eventually need to go to Apple for help again.
March 31, 201610 yr I got a Motorola modem to replace the one I was renting from xfinity. It works for the most part but feels like the signal is up and down. Frequently.
March 31, 201610 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 31, 2016 -> 08:10 AM) I got a Motorola modem to replace the one I was renting from xfinity. It works for the most part but feels like the signal is up and down. Frequently. Do you have a wireless router attached to it? Or are you wiring right in?
March 31, 201610 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 31, 2016 -> 08:12 AM) Do you have a wireless router attached to it? Or are you wiring right in? It is a modem/router in one
March 31, 201610 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 31, 2016 -> 08:32 AM) It is a modem/router in one Hmm ok. Comcast is really weird about their IP address so let me think about that. My router was always going back and trying to get a new IP every few min and it was killing me, I had to go back to the comcast modem and use my router as just a bridge while the Comcast modem worked with the IP
March 31, 201610 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 31, 2016 -> 10:18 AM) Hmm ok. Comcast is really weird about their IP address so let me think about that. My router was always going back and trying to get a new IP every few min and it was killing me, I had to go back to the comcast modem and use my router as just a bridge while the Comcast modem worked with the IP That is way to complicated for me. Thought I could just go into settings and do something.
March 31, 201610 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 31, 2016 -> 10:22 AM) That is way to complicated for me. Thought I could just go into settings and do something. Luckily the Apple router allows for "bridge mode." Did you call comcast's support yet? He was actually the guy who helped me
March 31, 201610 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 31, 2016 -> 10:23 AM) Luckily the Apple router allows for "bridge mode." Did you call comcast's support yet? He was actually the guy who helped me Not yet. Maybe later. It's just annoying once in awhile. Not pushed over the edge yet.
March 31, 201610 yr Those 2 in 1s don't work as well as one would hope, I had inconsistent issues with my old one (about 2 years ago) as well.
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