Rotten Apple

[supergee]

Let me tell you how much I hate Apple: If there were a way for Apple to play against the New England Patriots, I would root for the Patriots. Just as we were about to achieve the dream of computers that would enable us to pick up the material world from a safe distance with words and numbers, “Blow” Jobs and the Lizard of Woz started a process that would turn them into television that also watches us. I have always liked the Zen idea that we are owned by our possessions. More and more devices work to literalize that image; they spy on us, they find new ways to extract money from us, and they control how we can use them. Here is Apple again, breaking your phone if you let it be touched by ritually unclean hands.

Thanx to Metafilter

ETA: Oops! See first comment, by someone who knows (http://supergee.livejournal.com/3789859.html?view=comments, if you’re reading this on DreamWidth.) This particular fix is good security, even though it’s handled in a screw-the-customer fashion.

Comments

[marahmarie]

"Blow" Jobs? How exactly did Apple ruin security (besides not having any to begin with, of course) in order to spy on us?

I would've thought that was more Microsoft's thing, but as I don't see you talking about "Blow" Gates, I guess not.

(I happen to like both of them and believe a lot of crap gets dumped on their heads that if nothing else, didn't involve them directly.)

Also, the name Dreamwidth is not camel-backed. But since you don't like to provide sources for what you're talking about, I won't either.

Also, I'm unsubscribing.