[ale] Ouch. Stay away from proprietary technology.

[James Sumners]

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/02/new-ios-9-2-1-build-will-un-brick-iphones-affected-by-error-53/

"We apologize for any inconvenience, this was designed to be a factory test
and was not intended to affect customers. Customers who paid for an
out-of-warranty replacement of their device based on this issue should
contact AppleCare about a reimbursement."

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:20 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Steve Tynor <stevejunk at iintiip.com> wrote:
>
>> Disabling the fingerprint recognition upon detecting this sort of
>> "tampering" seems like a reasonable thing to do. Bricking the phone, not so
>> much.
>
>
> It should really be a step during setup/upgrade: "What do you want to
> happen if we detect a fault with Touch ID?"
>
>
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> James Sumners
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>



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http://jrfom.com/ (personal site)
http://haplo.bandcamp.com/ (band page)
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