Topic: Have you heard about the Bitcoin "Kill Switch"? It's a doozy! - page 2. (Read 3101 times)
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Isn't there already apps that can wipe or lock your phone remotely?
We need to start working on open source hardware.
Make no mistake, next are all internet-connectable devices, the same devices currently used to remit payment freely, i.e. Bitcoin.
NSA Backdoors have been found on windoze.
Apple products do not seem to be any safer.
Linux is not safe either.
Having a way to remotely wipe your device is good, but it should be user choice and user installed.
My Android antivirus has the ability to remotely wipe my device if I need it.
I read somewhere that the NSA was intercepting computer orders from Amazon, and then installing their own custom malware onto newly purchased laptops and computers. It was set that even if the user did a complete wipe of the computer after receiving it, the malware would re-install itself onto the machine afterwards.
All democrats, of course. (not saying republicans are much better...)
this has got nothing to do with cell phone thefts.
these days people dont steal phones to make phonecalls. they do it to sell the scrap minerals that are inside the phone. so a kill switch wont drop the price of the material in the phone
the actual reason has to do with stopping remote bombings by being able to switch off any cell phone in range of a certain cell tower. or like most of the middle east countries. stop people making anti-political calls to neighbouring nations when there is a media blackout.
also most protests are organised by cell phone. because its kind of hard to walk the streets with a desktop in one hand and a banner in the other. and also they dont want people using their phones to make youtube videos of the cops using unreasonable force at peaceful protests.
so guys in short. dont upgrade your Iphones to next years next gen. keep an old-tech phone handy. you'll never know when it may become useful
these days people dont steal phones to make phonecalls. they do it to sell the scrap minerals that are inside the phone. so a kill switch wont drop the price of the material in the phone
the actual reason has to do with stopping remote bombings by being able to switch off any cell phone in range of a certain cell tower. or like most of the middle east countries. stop people making anti-political calls to neighbouring nations when there is a media blackout.
also most protests are organised by cell phone. because its kind of hard to walk the streets with a desktop in one hand and a banner in the other. and also they dont want people using their phones to make youtube videos of the cops using unreasonable force at peaceful protests.
so guys in short. dont upgrade your Iphones to next years next gen. keep an old-tech phone handy. you'll never know when it may become useful
The U.S. government sees what's happening all over the world with protests and revolutions in various countries. They know, they are scared of their own citizens, and they are obviously preemptively putting systems in place to cut off public communication to make such protests and revolutions nearly impossible to organize here. None of that is even possible without mass communication. I've known this for some time, but see the mad max 2020 post in this forum for more info. Some people are so dang oblivious.
The Arab Uprising of 2011 and Occupy Wall Street really woke up the U.S. government and they saw how serious and resilient people can be, even against semi-advanced governments. They basically had to change laws to be able to kick people out of (Menlow?) park in NYC. That's eventually what ended Occupy. I guess what I'm trying to say is, this is much larger than just Bitcoin. It scares the shit out of me.
The Arab Uprising of 2011 and Occupy Wall Street really woke up the U.S. government and they saw how serious and resilient people can be, even against semi-advanced governments. They basically had to change laws to be able to kick people out of (Menlow?) park in NYC. That's eventually what ended Occupy. I guess what I'm trying to say is, this is much larger than just Bitcoin. It scares the shit out of me.
"Kill switch" is only the ability to lock IMEI on mobile network ...
in Europa, it's a commun task.
in Europa, it's a commun task.
Make no mistake, next are all internet-connectable devices, the same devices currently used to remit payment freely, i.e. Bitcoin.
NSA Backdoors have been found on windoze.
Apple products do not seem to be any safer.
Linux is not safe either.
Having a way to remotely wipe your device is good, but it should be user choice and user installed.
My Android antivirus has the ability to remotely wipe my device if I need it.
Smartphone Kill Switch Could Become Federal Law
WITH CELL PHONE THEFTS SURGING, KLOBUCHAR, MIKULSKI, BLUMENTHAL, HIRONO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE A “KILL SWITCH” ON SMARTPHONES TO DETER THIEVES, HELP PROTECT CONSUMERS [from themselves.]
The way I see it, this comes from the school of never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste, in this case, blame thieves who've taken advantage of idiot consumers to advance an agenda.
Make no mistake, next are all internet-connectable devices, the same devices currently used to remit payment freely, i.e. Bitcoin.
~TMIBTCITW
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On Thursday, US Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced national legislation to require a way to disable smartphones remotely. The goal is to deter theft and protect consumers, but this defense against thieves might come with greater vulnerability to hackers, according to a mobile industry trade group.
WITH CELL PHONE THEFTS SURGING, KLOBUCHAR, MIKULSKI, BLUMENTHAL, HIRONO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE A “KILL SWITCH” ON SMARTPHONES TO DETER THIEVES, HELP PROTECT CONSUMERS [from themselves.]
The way I see it, this comes from the school of never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste, in this case, blame thieves who've taken advantage of idiot consumers to advance an agenda.
Make no mistake, next are all internet-connectable devices, the same devices currently used to remit payment freely, i.e. Bitcoin.
~TMIBTCITW
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