Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Real Bev Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: DOJ is correct that Apple iPhone is far less secure than Android when RCS messaging is involved Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:58:44 -0700 Organization: None, as usual Lines: 75 Message-ID: References: <6m47fkxdng.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 05:58:45 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3d5b82ea4beda1268e5f610ef4f6bedd"; logging-data="2875713"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19pSPYlCvDgTR9O4JWAe9igw4Up/VIC9hE=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0 Thunderbird/68.12.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:/jjcf8a6TBbAFQTS+TZ0pS/l/A4= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4485 On 4/18/24 3:14 PM, Alan wrote: > On 2024-04-18 12:13, The Real Bev wrote: >> On 4/18/24 2:11 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>> On 2024-04-18 08:20, The Real Bev wrote: >>>> On 4/17/24 10:18 AM, Alan wrote: >>>>> On 2024-04-17 10:05, The Real Bev wrote: >>>>>> On 4/15/24 11:48 PM, Chris wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Pre-empirically carrying a gun is not "self-defence". Its weaknes= s. >>>>>>> Billions of people are quite capable of not becoming a victim wit= hout >>>>>>> needing guns for "self-defence". >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, screaming I AM NOT A VICTIM at the thug with a knife will=20 >>>>>> definitely send him on his way abashed and save Granny from being = >>>>>> harmed. Or perhaps you were thinking of the umbrella with the=20 >>>>>> sharpened tip? >>>>> >>>>> You still haven't explained why the US has so many more deaths than= >>>>> other countries similar to it. >>>> >>>> I have no idea why.=C2=A0 Do you?=C2=A0 Perhaps we are just violent = people. >>>> >>>> Given that this is true, how do we best protect ourselves when law=20 >>>> enforcement is too far away to be protective? >>> >>> The same way as other countries do: by banning weapons. You do not le= t >>> violent people easy access to weapons. >>=20 >> Like Mexico... >>=20 >> Knives, rebar, baseball bats, tennis rackets, 2x4s... >>=20 >>>> A few nights ago a guy pulled a knife on a woman, forced her to driv= e=20 >>>> to a different location and raped her.=C2=A0 This happened a few blo= cks=20 >>>> away. What should she have done? >>> >>> Same as in any modern and evolved country. >>=20 >> Bend over and smile? >>=20 >> She was sitting in her car in a restaurant parking lot at 8:30 at nigh= t=20 >> in a "safe" neighborhood.=C2=A0 He jumped into her car.=C2=A0 Perhaps = she should=20 >> have locked her doors, but that's alien behavior here. >>=20 >> If someone threatens you with ANY weapon they have forfeited their rig= ht=20 >> to decent treatment.=C2=A0 Perhaps no weapon is required if they are=20 >> physically threatening.=C2=A0 We should all be allowed to protect our = own=20 >> lives.=C2=A0 Period. >=20 > So again, yes or no: >=20 > Are you advocating that every person carries a firearm on his or her > person at all times? No. There are a lot of stupid people out there. But, with certain=20 exceptions, we should have that right. Apparently this is standard practice for criminals. --=20 Cheers, Bev "...so she told me it was either her or the ham radio, over."