[ale] Ouch. Stay away from proprietary technology.

[DJ-Pfulio]

And notifying the owner out-of-band would be nice too. That means not
using a cell phone, text, or email connected to this device. Using any
of those could tip off whoever has the phone now (must assume that
someone stole it, right?).

Apple called me once and I'm not a customer (of **anything** they make,
so it seems they should be able to find the home numbers for their
customers too.

Seems like building high-end vehicle upgrade kits will become a thing to
avoid the major automobile manufacturers tracking and electronic
foolishness.  Some things just shouldn't be networked.  You know -
throttle, breaks, steering ... go ahead an hook up the entertainment
stuff as much as you like, but mechanical linkages for the other stuff
would be really handy.  Acura/Honda has a master "Cruise Control" button
because there was an issue once. Perhaps we need a law that mandates
disconnection for vehicle connections to the internet with mechanical
switches selectively. A master disconnect for everything and individual
switches for everything else that is networked.  Ever wondered why
aircraft have so many toggle switches and redundancies?  "Just in case."


On 02/05/16 14:12, Steve Tynor wrote:
> Disabling the fingerprint recognition upon detecting this sort of
> "tampering" seems like a reasonable thing to do. Bricking the phone, not
> so much.
> 
> Steve
> 
> On 2/5/16 12:31 PM, James Sumners wrote:
>> The key bit is this:
>>
>> "The issue appears to affect handsets where the home button, which has
>> touch ID fingerprint recognition built-in, has been repaired by a
>> “non-official” company or individual. It has also reportedly affected
>> customers whose phone has been damaged but who have been able to carry
>> on using it without the need for a repair."
>>
>> I don't think it's a crybaby, "you didn't let us fix it", thing. It
>> seems pretty clear from that description of the problem that Apple is
>> trying to prevent tampering with the fingerprint scanner, i.e. it's a
>> security thing.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Charles Shapiro
>> <hooterpincher at gmail.com <mailto:hooterpincher at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Apple bricks phones repaired by unauthorized shops.
>>
>>     http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
>>