"No, Johnny, you can't have any candy." "But Michael's got some!" "No, Forest, you can't have a wheelchair." "But Jared's got one!" Any other petty and ridiculous desires expressed by these police forces?
I was right the first time. It would be put in human readable terms for the people in Congress, the majority of whom wouldn't get what that bunch of numbers means. ;)
You're really not getting it, are you? Swap SIMs, take tablet with phone SIM out with me, leave tracked device at home. You do know that IMEIs are tied to devices, not SIMs, right?
The only acceptable length for data exclusivity is zero seconds. FTFY, Glyn. Had to or somebody would propose a data exclusivity length of 364/5 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds, which, of course, would still be zero years.
Blackberry/RIM didn't go out of business because they were copied, they went out of business because they charged more than most people could afford and weren't as popular as the only other company to do so.
The following got cut off: Basically, Apple are a big bunch of hypocrites who bang on about Android copying them, but say nothing about them copying others, including Android.
Right, like Samsung copied Apple's round corners, which had originally come from PC monitors and older cell phones, amongst other things. My point wasn't to say that Android doesn't copy, it was to state the fact that tech companies all copy off each other, but Apple's the only one to start screaming about patent infringement whenever anybody copies off them.
And Microsoft copied Xerox, as did pretty much everybody. You know the icon grid? Xerox's. You know the icon on your menu button? Not Xerox's, but they were the first company to use it.
[O]ne could even argue that Android is a good example of Google copying iOS. You could, except that Apple didn't unveil iOS until two years after Google bought Android, Inc. Then there's the pull down notification bar, which Apple copied from Android... Fact check, please!
Detailed location data is a very powerful tool for backtracking somebodies life, despite any changing of SIMS and addresses they may have tried to protect themselves. I'm confused now. How's anyone supposed to track me via my phone when its SIM is in a different device?
Shocker: Billions In Broadband Subsidies Wasted As Government Turns Blind Eye To Fraud Let me guess, it's certain senators/representatives/agencies that find this shocking despite the fact that Techdirt have often reported on cases like this over the years. Corruption like this seems to be standard operating procedure in the US, albeit usually performed by corporations.
There is nothing you can do to prevent the phone companies, and therefore governments tracking the whereabouts of a connected mobile phone. Exactly. In the UK, the police would have to access my IMEI to start tracking me, and to get it they would have to serve a warrant on my network provider. Then there's the fact that you can easily purchase unlocked devices here. Simply switch my phone's SIM into my tablet and I'm good to go. Double dumbass.
I don't have any crApple devices myself, but I'm going to warn people I know who do to avoid Sophos software on the basis that entering the wrong thing can trigger a phishing attempt. If Sophos wanna pull this shit, then they'd best be prepared for the consequences. ;D
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"But Michael's got some!"
"No, Forest, you can't have a wheelchair."
"But Jared's got one!"
Any other petty and ridiculous desires expressed by these police forces?
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FTFY, Glyn. Had to or somebody would propose a data exclusivity length of 364/5 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds, which, of course, would still be zero years.
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You could, except that Apple didn't unveil iOS until two years after Google bought Android, Inc. Then there's the pull down notification bar, which Apple copied from Android... Fact check, please!
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I'm confused now. How's anyone supposed to track me via my phone when its SIM is in a different device?
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Let me guess, it's certain senators/representatives/agencies that find this shocking despite the fact that Techdirt have often reported on cases like this over the years. Corruption like this seems to be standard operating procedure in the US, albeit usually performed by corporations.
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Exactly. In the UK, the police would have to access my IMEI to start tracking me, and to get it they would have to serve a warrant on my network provider. Then there's the fact that you can easily purchase unlocked devices here. Simply switch my phone's SIM into my tablet and I'm good to go. Double dumbass.
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