[ale] Ouch. Stay away from proprietary technology.

[Jim Kinney]

I.e. "Ouch! Our backside really hurts from all the complaints and we will
really lose in court on this so we'll fix it now".
On Feb 18, 2016 5:39 PM, "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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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