Trump calls for Apple boycott; proceeds to then tweet from his iPhone - Polidicks

[QUOTE] Donald Trump has called for a boycott of Apple products until the tech giant agrees to FBI demands to unlock a terrorist's iPhone. Speaking at a rally in South Carolina, the Republican presidential candidate said Apple should help the US government in gathering information from a device owned by one of the killers involved in the San Bernardino shootings. However, moments after demanding the boycott - Trump, or possibly an aide - began writing messages on Twitter... using the social media site's iPhone app. [/QUOTE] [url]http://news.sky.com/story/1645164/trump-calls-for-apple-boycott-over-fbi-row[/url]

American politics - Cheap entertainment for the rest of the world. All it costs is your faith in the human race.

Remembering all the celebrity endorsements of windows mobile/etc... and twitter tagging them as iphone clients.

Trump does something idiotic. Woah, I really didn't see this coming.

How can someone call these people 'leaders'?

You know it's funny for you guys across the globe but for most Americans the fact that this man is probably going to be the Republican nominee is terrible

No, I'm pretty sure Trump in charge of a nuclear arsenal is terrifying to everyone. Somehow, more than Putin being in the same position.

He tweets from an Android phone a lot too, wonder why he didn't use that.

Putin would invade a country for political reasons/advantage. Trump'd do it because someone photoshopped his hair onto a potato

It's a funny headline but this is a prelude of what kind of approach to surveillance a Trump administration would have. He thinks it's noble for businesses to fuck over their consumers privacy and security to offer the government unfettered access to your information on the grounds of national security. Specifically, the San Bernadino attack. Boy the people in that Trump thread a couple weeks ago saying he wouldn't totally use the phantom menace of terrorism to continue and expand the surveilliance state that Bush, Obama, and Clinton support sure look silly now.

[QUOTE=Derposaurus;49774927]You know it's funny for you guys across the globe but for most Americans the fact that this man is probably going to be the Republican nominee is terrible[/QUOTE] I might be wrong but don't a lot of governments, including those in the EU, tend to copy from the US' book? Trump being nominated would likely have negative effects on the rest of the world too.

[QUOTE=Raidyr;49774976]It's a funny headline but this is a prelude of what kind of approach to surveillance a Trump administration would have. He thinks it's noble for businesses to fuck over their consumers privacy and security to offer the government unfettered access to your information on the grounds of national security. Specifically, the San Bernadino attack. Boy the people in that Trump thread a couple weeks ago saying he wouldn't totally use the phantom menace of terrorism to continue and expand the surveilliance state that Bush, Obama, and Clinton support sure look silly now.[/QUOTE] I see where he's coming from, you lose your right to bear arms and sometimes vote if you're convicted felon. Why shouldn't you lose your right to privacy on your encrypted smartphone if you commit a terrorist attack? I know it's a messy subject, because then we have to decide where the line gets drawn but in the past the government has no problem going over lines like that.

[QUOTE=Raidyr;49774976]Boy the people in that Trump thread a couple weeks ago saying he wouldn't totally use the phantom menace of terrorism to continue and expand the surveilliance state that Bush, Obama, and Clinton support sure look silly now.[/QUOTE] Hard to imagine believing this of a candidate that wanted to make a national registry of muslims at one point?

[QUOTE=Fat White Lump;49774945]He tweets from an Android phone a lot too, wonder why he didn't use that.[/QUOTE] Because half the time it's an intern tweeting what they get handed to them.

[QUOTE=Fat White Lump;49774945]He tweets from an Android phone a lot too, wonder why he didn't use that.[/QUOTE] I doubt it is him really tweeting most (if not all) of the time. [editline]20th February 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Fat White Lump;49775006]I see where he's coming from, you lose your right to bear arms and sometimes vote if you're convicted felon. Why shouldn't you lose your right to privacy on your encrypted smartphone if you commit a terrorist attack? I know it's a messy subject, because then we have to decide where the line gets drawn but in the past the government has no problem going over lines like that.[/QUOTE] The problem IMO, is that it erodes the privacy for everyone. Whilst that I completely agree that if there was a way to unlock it without breaking it for everyone it should be done, there isn't so it shouldn't.

[QUOTE=archangel125;49774337]American politics - Cheap entertainment for the rest of the world. All it costs is your faith in the human race.[/QUOTE] I would feel this way if they didnt have such a significant impact on the rest of the world, particularly us.

[QUOTE=spazthemax;49775353]I would feel this way if they didnt have such a significant impact on the rest of the world, particularly us.[/QUOTE] Sad, but true. Well, worst case scenario, Trump is elected. Congress stonewalls pretty much any drastic measures the idiot tries to take, and he makes America the world's laughing stock, becoming a national embarrassment at home. Americans endure it for one term or two (I mean, George W got re-elected, right?) and then it's over. And the Republican party is either rebranded or dissolved and reformed; it's just too much of an embarrassment itself to continue to exist.

This is a good thing because i don't like trump or apple. I hope apple eventually caves and starts building backdoor'd phones just so everyone switches to android masterrace

wow hes a living meme

oh come the fuck on it's so easy to attack Apple and you choose the one thing where they're in the green for.

[QUOTE=Fat White Lump;49775006]I see where he's coming from, you lose your right to bear arms and sometimes vote if you're convicted felon. Why shouldn't you lose your right to privacy on your encrypted smartphone if you commit a terrorist attack? I know it's a messy subject, because then we have to decide where the line gets drawn but in the past the government has no problem going over lines like that.[/QUOTE] except you do lose your right to privacy once you become a suspect, and especially once it's confirmed this isn't about a killer losing his rights, it's about the hundreds of millions people who did nothing wrong losing our security because big boy government wants unfettered access to every aspect of our lives

[QUOTE=archangel125;49774337]American politics - Cheap entertainment for the rest of the world. All it costs is your faith in the human race.[/QUOTE] And your Steven Harper didn't do much to renew my faith in humanity Trump is an idiot and a hypocrite

[QUOTE=cody8295;49775906]This is a good thing because i don't like trump or apple. I hope apple eventually caves and starts building backdoor'd phones just so everyone switches to android masterrace[/QUOTE] you understand that android is much much worse in security and privacy than apple phones, right

[QUOTE=Matthew0505;49776277][url]http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/18/what-if-the-fbi-were-dealing-with-an-android.html[/url][/QUOTE] What this is saying is it's up to Android manufacturers, like Samsung, LG, HTC, etc. Some of which do actually have corporate level security, to well, be acceptable to corporate entities that want real security/encryption. Really, it doesn't mean Android is less secure naturally, just that it's only as secure as your particular phone's manufacturer decided it should be.

[QUOTE=Judas;49776845]you understand that android is much much worse in security and privacy than apple phones, right[/QUOTE] Android has had full disk encryption available as an option for quite some time, and is now mandatory on all new phones being sold with 6.0 or above. If you have a relatively modern Android phone the option to make it as secure as the iPhone in question is available to you. As for the insecurity of your data that's stored on Google servers - the same problems exist with iCloud. If you're uploading anything sensitive to the cloud, you should be encrypting it yourself first.

[QUOTE=archangel125;49774337]American politics - Cheap entertainment for the rest of the world. All it costs is your faith in the human race.[/QUOTE] [i]Cheap[/i].

[QUOTE=FinalHunter;49777235] I could go into detail on why iOS and the iPhone is practical for so many people but [/QUOTE] no because then you'd be the same as the person you're quoting lol these OS wars are hilarious

[QUOTE=Fat White Lump;49774945]He tweets from an Android phone a lot too, wonder why he didn't use that.[/QUOTE] Because he doesn't actually care or mean anything he says, he's just pandering to his voterbase.

[QUOTE=archangel125;49775562]Sad, but true. Well, worst case scenario, Trump is elected. Congress stonewalls pretty much any drastic measures the idiot tries to take, and he makes America the world's laughing stock, becoming a national embarrassment at home. Americans endure it for one term or two (I mean, George W got re-elected, right?) and then it's over. And the Republican party is either rebranded or dissolved and reformed; it's just too much of an embarrassment itself to continue to exist.[/QUOTE] You know our government can impeach presidents, right (and has in the past)? If all of congress is so unanimously against Trump in this intellectually back-patting wet dream of yours, why would they just endure it? Yes George W Bush was re-elected, but that's not because people just "endured" him, it's because he wasn't so bad that all of congress tried to stop him. Also do you expect Trump to just toss out his iPhone after a 1-minute excerpt from a speech in which he merely says he thinks a boycott is a good idea?

[QUOTE=emly;49774957]Putin would invade a country for political reasons/advantage. Trump'd do it because someone photoshopped his hair onto a potato[/QUOTE] relevent [t]http://i.imgur.com/gNM48jn.png[/t] [QUOTE=cody8295;49775906]This is a good thing because i don't like trump or apple. I hope apple eventually caves and starts building backdoor'd phones just so everyone switches to android masterrace[/QUOTE] this is AWFUL to wish for what's even the point of this