CatWhoMustNotBeNamed

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

From what I've read, that doesn't really work - you'd need the encryption key, not the pin/password, because of how the encryption platform works.

Again, it's been a while, and this isn't my field. I just remember being properly surprised at how little I understood - that the pin/password are merely keys to accessing the encryption key, and it's all tied together in validating during hoot. Like you can't image the system and drop it in another phone if it's been encrypted, even if you have the pin - the encryption system on the different hardware would calculate things incorrectly (I did this once, dropped an encrypted image on a duplicate phone. That was fun trying to figure out why it wouldn't work).

There's more to the puzzle that's frankly above my pay grade, but last time I read about how to get into an encrypted phone, (even boot unlocked) required the expertise and tools of certain types of folks. Not your average "haxxor".

Granted, that expertise and those tools are getting closer to us every day...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for doing the leg work, I wasn't sure where to start and figured I'd end up down a rabbit hole...too easily distracted!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hmm, maybe it's a state level thing then?

Thanks for the info, gonna have to look into it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lol, I can appreciate your commitment. We all have our white whales, mine are rear fingerprint and cordless charging. Edit: Also prefer as much plastic as possible. Make it lighter and less likely to break. I have a ceramic phone, it's pretty (when it's out of the case) but it's heavy. So breakage is more likely to happen. I also have a Moto E5. You can throw it across the room.

I've had probably 5 times as many USB C port failures as I have micro ports... And I've had like 5 phones with micro (which needed charging all the time) and 2 with C. I do think C is better overall, but I don't believe the durability claims. I already have a nice phone that really can't be used for much since the C port died, and it's part of the motherboard. Fortunately it has wireless, so I can use it for a spare device, just not a daily.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Whenever someone says it isn't dead to them, it tells me they don't realize most average consumers care about convenience most of all.

They (the average consumer - that is about 98% of them) don't understand the tech, so have no way of forming an opinion or realizing why they may want a jack.

Or removeable batteries, etc. They're easily swayed by shiny and seemingly "easy to use".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, kids, especially pre-teen to teen, are idiots. I know, because I was one. And my friends and classmates were too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

"Kids hiding bad things is the most real part".

You're watching a story set from the kids point of view. We (the audience) aren't privvy to what the adults/teachers are doing, just like the kids.

And from Harry's perspective, he's got a lot going on, and this is just "another removed teacher". Keep in mind this is a Brit story - ask a Brit what their schooling was like (had some insightful discussions 20 years ago with my older Brit coworkers).

JK was what, 30-40 when she wrote this? So went to school in the 70's.

Lol, I love the "removed" bot. It almost makes things taste better!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Right?

Filth. Vermin. How many other people did they screw over under the badge?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I'm fine with longer. 20 sounds good.

Plus massive fines, like 5x what they stole, paid to the victims.

Vile garbage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Niiice. Lol.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pill form doesn't do Jack shit either.

Pseudoephedrine works like a charm though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Fortunately I've been stocking up, since you can only buy one damn box a month.

Bastards.

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