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    Why Not FBI Versus Android?

    April 14th, 2016

    When it comes to reports about the government having problems recovering data from a smartphone as part of a criminal investigation, it was all about the iPhone. You know the story: The Department of Justice was granted a court order demanding that Apple build software to bypass brute force protections on an encrypted iPhone 5c used by […]


    FBI Remains Coy About Contents of Hacked iPhone

    April 7th, 2016

    To briefly refresh your memories: For days earlier this year, the FBI made loud claims that Apple needed to help unlock an iPhone 5c used by a terrorist. Based on a court order, Apple asserted it would have to build what it called a “govOS” that defeats brute force protections, to allow unlimited login attempts […]


    A Perfectly Silly OS X Claim

    April 5th, 2016

    So there was an article in a certain blog claiming that we are nearing the end of OS X as we know it. If true, that raises all sorts of fascinating possibilities about what Apple might do, and how Mac users might be impacted. Indeed, when I first saw the article, I expected to read […]


    Waiting for the End of the World (Apple)

    April 1st, 2016

    Apple can never do anything right. Not sure what I mean? Well, don’t you remember that silly little gadget known as iPod? When Apple first announced that you could put 1,000 songs in your pocket for a mere $399 in 2001, they weren’t taken seriously. But it didn’t take long for digital music players to be […]