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New comment by tosapple in "FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled"

tosapple — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:49:14 +0000

What you say makes sense, just like the true/veracrypt volume theory. I can't find the head post to my "that's why you image post" but what concerns me is differing profiles may have different network fingerprints. You may need to keep signal and bitlocker on both, EVERYTIME my desktop boots a cloud provider is contacted -- it's not very sanitary?

It"s a hard problem to properly set up even on the user end let alone the developer/engineer side but thank you.

New comment by tosapple in "ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for investigative use"

tosapple — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:57:05 +0000

The way I understand it, which may be dated: is that if it's automated or robotic it doesn't qualify as an "unreasonable search or seizure".

New comment by tosapple in "ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for investigative use"

tosapple — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:53:51 +0000

First it's your nationality, then your language. Next maybe you're church or your music.

Data is a liability, it's omnipresent. Permeating.

New comment by tosapple in "FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled"

tosapple — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:00:42 +0000

This is the third person advocating button squeezing, as a reminder: IF a gun is on you the jig is up, you can be shot for resisting or reaching for a potential weapon. Wireless detonators do exist, don't f around please.

New comment by tosapple in "FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled"

tosapple — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:43:24 +0000

Good idea, but this is why you image devices.

New comment by tosapple in "FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled"

tosapple — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:40:34 +0000

The 'extra users" method may not work in the face of a network investigation or typical file forensics.

Where CAs are concerned, not having the phone image 'cracked' still does not make it safe to use.

New comment by tosapple in "Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power construction"

tosapple — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 01:57:58 +0000

Exercise like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests...

Right?

New comment by tosapple in "Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power construction"

tosapple — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 01:49:50 +0000

Wait until you live through what Argentina or Brasil have then see how you feel about redress, petition and speech.

New comment by tosapple in "Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native"

tosapple — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:16:04 +0000

While they ditch Microsoft, Amazon and Oracle: we still use Linux, Sel4, ASML and ARM.

There's lots of interesting stuff to watch out for.

New comment by tosapple in "ICE tells legal observer, 'We have a database, now you're a domestic terrorist'"

tosapple — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 03:20:11 +0000

Just wait until they switch us to the deutchemark.

Bitcoin doesn't work properly without power or network access extending over days though.

New comment by tosapple in "Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware"

tosapple — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 01:24:04 +0000

Again, not endoring any specific case just endorsing SPECIFICITY, COST, and "Collaterals".

New comment by tosapple in "Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware"

tosapple — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 01:05:28 +0000

During WW2 both germany and the UK as example were carpet bombed to assail industry, does that help you to understand my position better?

Vietnam too.

New comment by tosapple in "Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware"

tosapple — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:49:24 +0000

I wasn't commenting on any particular case. I was stating that flipping a switch is less costly to reverse than blowing up a dam.

New comment by tosapple in "Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware"

tosapple — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:20:51 +0000

What I am starting to appreciate about these digital infrastructure attacks is that they may be reversible and or temporary. It can be a nice feature.

New comment by tosapple in "Disaster planning for regular folks (2015)"

tosapple — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:11:18 +0000

I think in the US legally they have to have a beacon while flying now, but my thought the other day was about them being parked/down.

New comment by tosapple in "Disaster planning for regular folks (2015)"

tosapple — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 04:55:10 +0000

I was thinking the other day that ALL drones SHOULD be considered LIVE explosives. It's probably never a good idea to handle one if you're not trained.

New comment by tosapple in "Nanolang: A tiny experimental language designed to be targeted by coding LLMs"

tosapple — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:14:30 +0000

An LLM could speak FPGA.

Good luck auditing that.

New comment by tosapple in "Nanolang: A tiny experimental language designed to be targeted by coding LLMs"

tosapple — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 06:30:44 +0000

for the sake of being downvoted: MASM.

New comment by tosapple in "Harvard legal scholars debate the state of the U.S. constitution (2025)"

tosapple — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 06:14:26 +0000

How is that all not part of the judicial branch, e.g. the "courts" ?

New comment by tosapple in "Harvard legal scholars debate the state of the U.S. constitution (2025)"

tosapple — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 05:25:26 +0000

If it was elitist we wouldn't have the right to assemble or bear arms.

Some of us can do both, at once!