I’m massively in favour of being able to use biometrics if it provides a small measure of security with a huge leap in ease of use, backed up by some sort of knowledge based authentication to provide a large measure of security with a more cumbersome ease of use case. I find TouchID straddles this barrier well; but if…

Completely agree with all of this; but I used to love the JB community and the really odd and sometimes ingenious ideas they came up with for iOS. I still haven’t come across a better file organisation system than Apex 2; I still long for the ability to emulate again on my phone and even though most of the themes were…

I’m not sure I agree with your statement that “Lawful access is simply a back door” if you are eluding to weakened encryption as said back door. You even go on to qualify Brandis’ supposed misunderstanding of a GCHQ statement that implied lawful access based on compromising the end-point, rather than the encryption…

Nobody else needs comment. A star for you sir.

So I have one of these in my bedroom, but I’ve hooked my old laptop screen up to a Chromecast and my PS4. I get a bit of glare when playing games, but if I turn the brightness up, it’s fine.

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I’m still toying with the idea of going back to it now. I lost my JB after I updated to 10, and didn’t think I’d miss much - but I still find myself wanting the little tweaks; 5icondock/infinidock, folders in folders, app locking and my god do I miss Apex2 and the ability to change the notification views & control…

I can vouch for how good and easy Waltr 1 was, and I’m sure this is a million times better, but I signed up for it in about April and it was promised in June. When it didn’t come, and they hadn’t communicated anything for MONTHS having taken money, I decided to get my money back. Their customer service wasn’t the…

“Hi Mum, I was struggling to think of what to get you, so I got you this beef.”

I love Anker products. I’m an unabashed Anker fanboy, but I went all in on a few pairs of Soundbuds Sport because my first pair was so good, (I left them in a public bathroom in France, don’t ask), but the latest pair I got simply don’t charge. They refuse to take any power past about 5%, and having contacted Anker…

I love Anker products. I’m an unabashed Anker fanboy, but I went all in on a few pairs of Soundbuds Sport because my…

The good ol’ Wirecutter has always recommended two wheels over four though... http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-carry-on-luggage/#fn3-body

I’m an avid iOS user, and I feel the same about the Apple Watch. However, the one main feature I really do want to use is Apple Pay, or at least some kind of contactless payments with my watch. I’m thinking the chances of this functionality working cross-platform is minuscule, but could anybody envision a possibility…

I don’t have this on amazon.co.uk yet... here’s hoping it’s just around the corner.

Turns out we get it in 9.1 in the UK. Apple wanted to make sure the US launch went off without a hitch first. I see Apple... I see where we come in the rankings of countries you care about.

Just updated my phone in the UK. Don’t have the “news” app at all, nor newstand. What’s up with that?

On a depressingly serious note, I’m rarely around for these as I’m a Brit, but I’ve just started my PhD proposal on the need for better software liability (in international relations) so I’m looking for some views from anyone who writes software and what their opinions are. Any comments are welcomed...

The whole point of it isn’t to stop hackers now or reclaim the stolen information. It’s the process of bringing about software liability without a blanket federal law that would require a certain vague set of encoded safeguards that would immediately put half of the programs and data centres in the world on the other…

I’ve just been looking for ages, but I can’t find an article I read within the past two or three months that went over all the stupid reasons why creating a land completely outside of regulatory jurisdiction is completely ridiculous. I think it was on Backchannel, but for the life of me I can’t find it anywhere, but…

Alan, I have a VPN which I use when I need to, but I also have various Ghostery/Privacy Badger/Disconnect/AdBlock add ons too. What does this do that the add ons don’t already without the premium tier? Or would I be better off Chrome-sucking-Ram-wise uninstalling my add ons for each browser and just have this…

Yes.