If I get an iPhone in the nexts year or so (heaven forbid, if I win the lottery or something), then I will so do this.Mr Montmorency said:
Jailbreak your iphone? Apple "Traitorware" soon to take care of that!
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After reading the article I had to check if the date isn't April 1st. It wasn't. Instead I noticed it's 2010 and we apparently entered a grim and dystopian future that would make Philip K. Dick turn in his grave, point a finger at us and gleefully proclaim "Told you so!".
On the upbeat notice, my Cyberpunk 2020 sourcebooks read like a cheerful fairytale now.
On the upbeat notice, my Cyberpunk 2020 sourcebooks read like a cheerful fairytale now.
It's not the same as installing linux but I understand what you're saying, I just thought that it might come under reverse engineering in the user agreement.Cyan. said:
I don't think that most of you read the article closely enough. They do all that stuff BEFORE they know you've jailbroken the phone, it's a means of establishing if there's anything suspicious going on. That would be equivalent to the police breaking into your house at random intervals just to see if you were doing something naughty.
I call bullshit. Honestly no court in any country would uphold this sort of flagrant invasion of privacy. ... okay, so maybe in the U.S. where if you slip the right congressman enough money he'll appear on TV in a tutu and officially endorse Man-Squirrel marriages... but I don't live in the U.S.
I live in Japan where the privacy laws are incredibly strict.
Take my picture? I sue.
Monitor my internet usage without a warrent? I sue.
Take pictures of my home? ... okay, after you recover from shock at the mess... I'll get around to suing you.
Monitor my heartbeat a warrent? I sue. (specifically covered in the confidentiality of medical data)
Record my voice... hmm... a bit of a gray area, but I'll probably just sue on principle.
Oh, and if they happen to get pictures of my daughter (2 1/2 years old) I'll sue them until they bleed from every possible orifice. (and I seriously mean EVERY POSSIBLE ORIFICE...)
No way this is legal. I'd like independent confirmation from a reliable source, because Apple has plenty of lawyers and if it got past the legal department then they all deserved to be fired.
Oh, but FYI this sort of technology isn't new, and is already authorised for use by law enforcement in the U.S. Got a hostage situation and want to know who's in the room? No problem, jack into any cellphone signals in the target area, activate the microphone and camera and then use software to pinpoint the location of the phone, the relative distance from the phone to each speaker, and bingo you've got a detailed map of where everyone is. If the criminals each have a cellphone then so much the better. In most kidnapping situations the first thing they do is confiscate the captives' cellphones, so even if they left theirs at home they'll have one soon.
In this case though the wiretapping is justifiable as there is a crime in progress. Just doing it randomly would be utterly insane.
I call bullshit. Honestly no court in any country would uphold this sort of flagrant invasion of privacy. ... okay, so maybe in the U.S. where if you slip the right congressman enough money he'll appear on TV in a tutu and officially endorse Man-Squirrel marriages... but I don't live in the U.S.
I live in Japan where the privacy laws are incredibly strict.
Take my picture? I sue.
Monitor my internet usage without a warrent? I sue.
Take pictures of my home? ... okay, after you recover from shock at the mess... I'll get around to suing you.
Monitor my heartbeat a warrent? I sue. (specifically covered in the confidentiality of medical data)
Record my voice... hmm... a bit of a gray area, but I'll probably just sue on principle.
Oh, and if they happen to get pictures of my daughter (2 1/2 years old) I'll sue them until they bleed from every possible orifice. (and I seriously mean EVERY POSSIBLE ORIFICE...)
No way this is legal. I'd like independent confirmation from a reliable source, because Apple has plenty of lawyers and if it got past the legal department then they all deserved to be fired.
Oh, but FYI this sort of technology isn't new, and is already authorised for use by law enforcement in the U.S. Got a hostage situation and want to know who's in the room? No problem, jack into any cellphone signals in the target area, activate the microphone and camera and then use software to pinpoint the location of the phone, the relative distance from the phone to each speaker, and bingo you've got a detailed map of where everyone is. If the criminals each have a cellphone then so much the better. In most kidnapping situations the first thing they do is confiscate the captives' cellphones, so even if they left theirs at home they'll have one soon.
In this case though the wiretapping is justifiable as there is a crime in progress. Just doing it randomly would be utterly insane.
Sheesh......and people wonder why I got an android based phone. I refuse to put up will Apple's bullshit regardless of how great their products might be. Since when can a company break your shit because they don't like the way you are using it? I hope many lawsuits result from this and Steve has to give back his liver.
This is one reason why if I took a bunch of hostages I'd toss all their phones and force them to rely my demands to the filth via interpretive dance or possibly charades if that doesn't work. The other main reason being I'd find it fucking hilarious and it's my hostage situation so we play by my rules.Frungy said:
Yep, because while they have the right to withdraw service and warranty on unlicense modifications they don't have the legal right to come and actively fuck your shit up over it.MaxPowers666 said:
I never said I owned any Apple products or that I knew exactly what jailbreaking was. Neither did I imply that I have ever worked in a job that requires me to have a comprehensive knowledge on all things technology. But luckily Google and other search engines can quickly provide us with information on many things. Which is why I gave zHellas a link to the Wikipedia page explaining what jailbreaking is in reference to an iPhone and reminded them that search engines are quick and easy to use.Aerodyamic said:
If I had wanted to be an arse about it I could've simply said: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=jailbreaking+an+iphone and left it at that, but I didn't.
How in God's name would they get that patent through? If people knew that they could spy on you, who would willingly buy it? I wouldn't take one for free, because that's the biggest load of bullshit I've ever heard. I'd like to hear another source on this to be honest, it seems pretty unbelievable. If it's true then Apple will be the first company I'll ever boycott, so kudos to them for that.
I really don't see the need to "jailbreak" my iPod so it does... stuff, I only use it to listen to podcasts and the occasional song. It's beyond me why people are getting upset over this.
EDIT: Although they may be a bit extreme in their methodology, I can see where they're coming from, is what I wanted to say there.
EDIT: Although they may be a bit extreme in their methodology, I can see where they're coming from, is what I wanted to say there.
People have to hack the PS3 if they need to use it for scientific research because the newest updates don't allow Linux to be run on it. So over 300 research institutes, including the US Air Force can't run their simulations and calcualtions.Celtic_Kerr said:
Sony's selling point was that you could run Linux on it aswell.
More to the point of privacy, what if you work at a research facility and Apple steals information that way?
Get the girls to join in on the fun tooMr Montmorency said:
Eh, I just got an iPod Touch 3rd gen (but apparently the fucking 8 gb model ISN'T 3rd gen, it's 2nd gen model with 3rd gen hardware, because using 3rd gen firmware files aren't compatible with it *angryface*)