Disclaimer, I can’t take credit for any of this. Pretty sure this originated on Tumblr somewhere. I think there was even a really good comic of it. I’ll see if I can find the source.

I’ve got a feeling there would have been arguments over that skill when everyone was creating characters. Bucky going, “Nonono, choose something useful! There’s no way you’re going to use that!” And Tony just biding his time throughout the whole game, already knowing EXACTLY what he’s going to do when it comes down to…

I’ve actually seen some rather hilarious takes on that. Such as the entire movie is actually just the Avengers playing a tabletop RPG. There are of course all kinds of propositions about who is playing who, but this set is probably my favorite:

Basically this, but yeah we do need more PoC and LGBT and women and other voices to have platforms of this caliber. We do have Trevor Noah running the Daily Show now, and Larry Wilmore on the Nightly Show, those are some huge platforms (and I hope there are more to follow). We can definitely do better in raising up…

Worth keeping an eye on. I’m especially curious on if it’s updatable even when locked, or if it require the user to unlock it first. If it first requires user unlock, then I don’t think it will be exploitable.

Agreed, the resulting precedent is the scary thing.

I’m kind of curious what China might do if NK crosses a line and starts crap. China doesn’t want that on its doorstep, but I’m wondering, if war seems inevitable, if NK was the one who started this thing, would China be the ones to finish it?

I have my doubts on the triviality of hacking or updating the Secure Enclave without unlocking it first...but for the phone in question, the 5c, I believe that it would be possible to comply. This would however give the FBI something that could compromise the security of iPhones 5c and older (or at least make them…

I think you nailed it here. The thing is, whatever software or firmware solution Apple might be able to generate will be useless on phones newer than the 5c (the phone in question on this case) as the decryption and retry mechanism is burned into silicon on some special security chips. That can’t be updated, so I hope…

My understanding is that Apple can’t unlock the device at all (not having the user-created passcode and not having designed it to create a second backdoor key for Apple’s own use)...and in fact nobody can. What COULD be done is a brute-force attempt to try every single combination until they stumble upon the unlock…

My understanding is whatever means they use to circumvent the anti-retry mechanism (provided that it’s possible) wouldn’t be possible on newer phones. The phone in question is the 5c. Newer iPhones have specific hardware where the decryption takes place and the retry mechanism is enforced, rather than it taking place…

With the widely-held GOP opposition to birth control, abortion, and sex education, you nailed it. Their stances here aren’t compatible with any kind of feminism I’m aware of.

I think you’ll find that the “but everyone was doing it” excuse can wear thin, and that becomes all the more apparent as the scale of the crime escalates (corruption, scandal, we can even godwin the argument and go straight to genocide).

Bravo for the Last Unicorn tweet.

Everyone’s bound to trip on something easy or obvious with this game, eventually.

It’s only a matter of time before the Elders start buffing their network and intrusion-countermeasure encryption with Witness puzzles.

Well, I guess your experiences vary, but I for one DID come for the picnic. Much shorter line when things are burning and the resistance is dodging plasma shots. Plus they have tea. Hard to find real tea these days. I was so busy savoring it that I almost forgot about the dying civilians. Thank GOODNESS Bradford was…

Looking for some real answers for the real questions here.

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