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Comment Re:I don't get it... (Score 2) 98

Yes, you can for sure install untrusted apps on iOS without hacking. I can remember from the top of my head at least three ways. Phones in dev mode (not the problem here), Enterprise certs and beta software distributed through TestFlight.

I believe that the limit on TestFlight is 100 phones, and those have to be added to a "List".

Enterprise Certs are easily determinable and Revokable by Apple.

The system is just about as secure as could reasonably be designed.

Comment Re:I don't get it... (Score 1) 98

All of those hoops are removed if the app is signed by an Apple 'enterprise deployment' certificate. Someone anyone can get just by asking.

Bzzzt! Wrong!

You have to be Registered as an "Enterprise" Developer; which is a different level from the regular $99/yr. iOS Dev. Registration.

And since that means these Apps are "signed", it should be about 5 seconds before their Cert. was revoked by Apple.

Comment Re:I don't get it... (Score 1) 98

The same kind of popups are shown to the people who install malware to their Windows machines. And yet they just click next-next-next-ok, as the ad banner promised something cool, like free money or pictures of . No matter what your iGod, Steve the great lied to you, the Apple devices are just as vulnerable to stupid users as any device out there.

One question: Is there any reasonable security scheme that can defeat social engineering 100% of the time?

I'm not trolling; I seriously want to know what Apple could have done to prevent this, and still allow for "corporate" apps.

Comment Re:Dumb idea ... Lots of assumptions .... (Score 1) 698

You act as if mass shootings are something that have existed only in the time that SSRIs have been available. The US saw a number of prominent mass shootings in the 1960s and 1970s. This is not a new problem, though your anecdotal experience consuming contemporary mass media might mislead you to believe it is.

I didn't say that SSRIs were responsible for all school shootings, did I?

But, looking at the history of school shootings in the U.S. (particularly "mass shootings"), you can see an incredible uptick in the 1990s and 2000s.

Prozac (the first SSRI) was first prescribed in 1987.

Now, go back to that "history", and tell me that there isn't a strong possibility of a correlation between the "Rampage" school shootings and the introduction of SSRIs.

People have been mentally ill for millenia. Almost never resulted in school "Rampage" shootings. Kids have had access to guns for centuries. Almost never resulted in school "Rampage" shootings. Kids have been bullied, molested, and otherwise abused by faculty and classmates. Almost never resulted in school "Rampage" shootings.

Yet, SSRIs come on the scene in 1987, and just look at the statistics...

Comment Re:Dumb idea ... Lots of assumptions .... (Score 1) 698

Long story short; SSRIs are the product of half a century of careful research and not the evil scapegoat you and your preferred cable news channel ignorantly make them out to be.

Then why the Black Box Warning, warning SPECIFICALLY of those side-effects?

Then why does every single television commercial for every single SSRI (including the 'repurposed' ones, like Lyrica and Wellbutrin) contain the same warning about "Suicidal thoughts or actions" (which is part of the same Black Box Warning)?

You said it yourself "...everyone's body chemistry is different so any drug can have adverse effects including but not limited to behavior"

And one of the biggest problems with SSRIs, is that many doctors (particularly those not particularly skilled in mental health matters, but that still have a prescription pad), will, after prescribing the latest SSRI that the cute Pharma Rep. came in and dumped a bunch of samples of, will, after the Patient comes back and says "I don't think this is working, doctor; I feel like I'm not getting any better, or maybe even worse." will, instead of thinking of that Black Box Warning, say "Well, perhaps we need to INCREASE the dose..." Many of them will do that repeatedly, even OVER the max recommended dose, simply because they believe the literature that the Pharma Rep. left with those free samples...

I am very glad that SSRIs worked for you; but they are still far from innocuous drugs, period. Again, see the Black Box Warning.

Comment Re:Dumb idea ... Lots of assumptions .... (Score 1) 698

Here's a different hypothesis: People with mental disorders are more likely to commit violent crimes [treatmenta...center.org].

Except one hole in your hypothesis: SSRIs are supposedly intended to treat DEPRESSION. and it is also understood that people suffering from Depression are rarely, if ever, violent.

And it is FAR from settled that there is a causal relationship between mental illness of any sort and violent behavior. In fact, the linked study states:

"Several general conclusions are supported by this brief overview. First, mental disorders are neither necessary, nor sufficient causes of violence. The major determinants of violence continue to be socio-demographic and socio-economic factors such as being young, male, and of lower socio-economic status.

Second, members of the public undoubtedly exaggerate both the strength of the relationship between major mental disorders and violence, as well as their own personal risk from the severely mentally ill. It is far more likely that people with a serious mental illness will be the victim of violence."


So there.

Also, consider the facts that:

1. Mental illness has existed for milennia

2. Ready access to firearms has existed for centuries

3. SSRIs have existed for about 20 years.

4. Studies abound that link SSRIs (and esp. SSRI withdrawal) with homicidal and suicidal behavior. (And about that Black Box Warning...)

And yet you want to hang your hat on something as demonstrably non-causal (and vague!) as "Mental Illness"?

Comment Re:Dumb idea ... Lots of assumptions .... (Score 1) 698

Alternatively we could spend money on mental health and outreach programs for troubled children. But spending all the money on a reactive system is probably better than a proactive approach...

Or, even better, we could just take all the damned SSRIs off the market; because, if you look at the history, these "school shootings" were virtually unknown until SSRIs came on the scene, then there has been a steady drip, drip, drip of these incidents, and particularly in the U.S.A., where SSRIs are hideously over-prescribed.

I mean, there's already a damned Black Box warning on SSRIs; what more do you need as a "heads up" to doctors (and the public) that these things are dangerous beyond all reason?

Comment Re:Overdue (Score 1) 136

The issue is when it sends a message to a person who was formerly iOS, but has since moved to android.

Yeah, I figured out that was the real issue later. You're right, that would be a hassle. Good that Apple (finally) fixed it, though I think all the hater bullshit is entirely unwarranted. It was just a thing that didn't come up in design meetings until after the "real world" started providing more use-case data.

Comment Re:Overdue (Score 1) 136

While I'm still on iOS myself, this was a long overdue issue. It's incredibly frustrating to have to switch on/off imessage to send messages to people who have moved over to android. iMessage was/is a great idea, but it took a bit too long for this bug fix to be resolved.

I send SMS messages to Android users all the time from iMessage. What are you talking about? Are you talking about only from OS X, or iOS, too?

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