Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!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 12:13:09 -0700 Organization: None, as usual Lines: 58 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: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:13:11 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="72a7ef20c5b5c684bf87ab066c583a3f"; logging-data="2549864"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18buaqDPHu4gYwh+6h6j7M5qbYI6/mg7Ws=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0 Thunderbird/68.12.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:zjg4whMe8+Tknu2kl45yJhZOWXY= In-Reply-To: <6m47fkxdng.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3925 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 weakness.= >>>>> Billions of people are quite capable of not becoming a victim witho= ut >>>>> 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=20 >>>> 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. >>=20 >> I have no idea why.=C2=A0 Do you?=C2=A0 Perhaps we are just violent pe= ople. >>=20 >> Given that this is true, how do we best protect ourselves when law=20 >> enforcement is too far away to be protective? >=20 > The same way as other countries do: by banning weapons. You do not let > violent people easy access to weapons. Like Mexico... Knives, rebar, baseball bats, tennis rackets, 2x4s... >> A few nights ago a guy pulled a knife on a woman, forced her to drive = to=20 >> a different location and raped her.=C2=A0 This happened a few blocks a= way.=20 >> What should she have done? >=20 > Same as in any modern and evolved country. Bend over and smile? She was sitting in her car in a restaurant parking lot at 8:30 at night=20 in a "safe" neighborhood. He jumped into her car. Perhaps she should=20 have locked her doors, but that's alien behavior here. If someone threatens you with ANY weapon they have forfeited their right = to decent treatment. Perhaps no weapon is required if they are=20 physically threatening. We should all be allowed to protect our own=20 lives. Period. --=20 Cheers, Bev "People are too stupid to realize they are." --JoHn DoH KeLm