I Won't Buy An I-Phone....

Discussion in 'Random Thoughts' started by Bilby, Sep 29, 2014.

  1. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    as if merchant data bases were the only risk to privacy posed by having a phone in your pocket?
     
  2. AceK

    AceK Scientia Potentia Est

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    I have iDevices and I like them very much. I don't really think they are superior, or the best out there however, I'm no apple shill. I find some of the android based tablets very nice, as well as some of the Microsoft devices. that said, I like my iDevices :)
     
  3. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    i likewise have no fan affiliation for any corporate product line. i simply don't use a phone that much at all. (though i won't take back how i feel about apple's particular sort of corporate arrogance)
     
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  5. lode

    lode Banned

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    That is true, the ICloud does use PKI with AES 128, for short messages, which is a much better option than those options mentioned. Bruteforce is impractical, assuming that Apple devices generate entropy properly. It's secure against average eavesdropping.

    They should be using forward secrecy, which means each message is also encrypted with a temporary key, so that if an attacker were able to gain access to your private keys, such as in the case of Heartbleed, your session data would still be secure.
    A much better option is TextSecure, which is comming to the IPhone very soon. Beta's already out on github.
     
  6. Michael Phelps

    Michael Phelps Am I being detained?

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    So I'm back up and running with an I-4. Is it okay if it was given to me and not bought?
     
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