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An observation about Apples claims on jamming
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:11:48 -0400
This comment especially the last paragraph is very significant. If in fact the iPhone is subject to behaving in a bad way given it is penetrated, then one can guarantee there will be penetrated and it will behave in a bad way. Given that the FCC should immediately start to understand exactly what the implications of that are.
I seriously doubt that the problem is as dire as Apple wants people to believe but then again maybe I should believe them.
That would be an interesting situation where Apple shoots itself not only in the foot but maybe the hot while trying to protect their business model.
Dave Begin forwarded message: From: "David Lesher" <wb8foz () panix com> Date: July 31, 2009 3:56:04 PM EDT To: dave () farber net (David Farber) Subject: An observation about Apples claims on jamming Prof: I am reminded of the 1984 MFJ era. The FCC was going to allow us mere mortals to {gasp} connect Foreign Equipment to Ma's phone lines. They were going to require "type acceptance" for such, but the problem was; there were already many/thousands of unapproved phones on the market. The FCC proposed "grandfathering" those existing phones as of some date. Ma fought hard, telling how how perilous such would be to the Integrity of the Network. Finally the FCC said "You're right... no grandfathering.... and by the way, that includes YOUR phones...." Ma immediately did an about-face. If the current iPhones are oh so vulnerable to being exploited as tools of Satan; maybe the current FCC should have every one recalled and updated to be safer. ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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