---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <FFE2940A-1051-4AC2-9362-0A6D0A40A14E@roscom.com> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 07:18:03 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Cellebrite can unlock any iPhone (for some values of "any") Cellebrite can unlock any iPhone (for some values of "any") Forensics contractor "Advanced Unlocking Service" still has to brute-force passcodes. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/02/cellebrite-can-unlock-any-iphone-for-some-values-of-any/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <p7fe2m$47u$1@dont-email.me> Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2018 19:19:31 -0500 From: Arnie Goetchius <arnie.goetchius@invalid.domain> Subject: Re: Why Amazon is sending you pictures of your front porch Monty Solomon wrote: > Why Amazon is sending you pictures of your front porch > > SAN FRANCISCO - Have you suddenly started getting porch snapshots from > your Amazon delivery person? You're not alone. > > Amazon has been quietly expanding a program over the past few months > in which some of its delivery providers take a picture of where they > put your package. The photo is included in the notice of delivery > received by shoppers so they know when it arrived and where to look > for it. > > https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/02/28/why-amazon-sending-you-pictures-your-front-porch/368761002/ Amazon's buying Ring makes more sense to me now. I have Ring and when anyone comes near the front door there is about a 20 second video taken and transmitted to Ring's database. I can access the video even if I'm not home. Amazon could also access the same video to verify a package was delivered. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180303200815.45E381F6A869@ary.qy> Date: 3 Mar 2018 15:08:15 -0500 From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Subject: Re: Why Amazon is sending you pictures of your front porch In article <p7a4fb$2ren$1@grapevine.csail.mit.edu> you write: >If they did that for me, it would be a picture of my back steps, >exposed to theft and the weather. After a dozen attempts I've given >up trying to explain to them that they should leave packages inside >the front door, where the mail bins are -- the message seems to be >accepted by their customer service team but is never transmitted to >the drivers. I'm not surprised, since Amazon doesn't deliver their own packages. In my experience, their deliveries all come via the post office and Fedex. Have you tried calling Fedex and telling them? R's, John ------------------------------ Message-ID: <001801d3b33b$574c58e0$05e50aa0$@nc.rr.com> Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2018 17:02:31 -0500 From: "Bob Goudreau" <BobGoudreau@nc.rr.com> Subject: RE: Power, phones out in Ottawa Thursday after powerline falls [Contents of newspaper article that was posted by the Digest's editor omitted...] One thing I would like to request of the editor, and indeed of any contributors who submit local media reports that refer to events in specific areas which are identified solely by a city, town, county, [or other name], is that you add more geographic context to the subject line if it is not completely clear where that place is. For example, when I saw the subject line "Power, phones out in Ottawa..." I assumed that the incident took place in Ottawa, Ontario, a metropolis that is also Canada's capital. Only by reading the article itself and seeing a reference to the name of the power utility did I eventually discover that the story was referring to Ottawa, Ohio, a village of fewer than 5,000 people. For residents of that particular corner of Ohio reading a local publication, it may be easy to understand that just plain "Ottawa" refers to the seat of Putnam County. For the rest of the world, including probably almost all readers of the Digest, the default "Ottawa" is most likely the one in Ontario. For that reason, a subject line of "Power, phones out in Ottawa (Ohio) Thursday after power line falls" would have been much more helpful. Thanks, Bob Goudreau Cary, NC ***** Moderator's Note ***** When replying to an article that you see in either the digest or at google groups, or wherever: *PLEASE* reply *TO* that article, so that the system will add appropriate header information to preserve the threading when readers open their email or news readers. It takes as much as ten minutes to find a preceding article and paste the needed "Message-Id" info into a reply when it's not there to begin with. I appreciate your help on this. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 05 Mar 2018