The Feds want Apple to break iOS encryption using an 18th-century law & it certainly fails the sniff test. Sony is playing the victim after it’s recent breach & the hype is reaching new levels of absurd. Plus the decade old iTunes lawsuit that could feature testimony from Steve Jobs, we’ll tell you how.

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Feds want Apple’s help to defeat encrypted phones, new legal case shows

Prosecutors invoke 18th-century All Writs Act to get around thorny problem.

Newly discovered court documents from two federal criminal cases in New York and California that remain otherwise sealed suggest that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is pursuing an unusual legal strategy to compel cellphone makers to assist investigations.

In both cases, the seized phones—one of which is an iPhone 5S—are encrypted and cannot be cracked by federal authorities. Prosecutors have now invoked the All Writs Act, an 18th-century federal law that simply allows courts to issue a writ, or order, which compels a person or company to do something.

Ars is publishing the documents in the California case for the first time in which a federal judge in Oakland specifically notes that “Apple is not required to attempt to decrypt, or otherwise enable law enforcement’s attempts to access any encrypted data.”

The two orders were both handed down on October 31, 2014, about six weeks after Apple announced that it would be expanding encryption under iOS 8, which aims to render such a data handover to law enforcement useless. Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that DOJ officials told Apple that it was “marketing to criminals” and that “a child will die” because of Apple’s security design choices.

Apple did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment.

DOJ is uing an Antiquated 1789 ‘All Writs Act’ To Try To Force Phone Manufacturers To Help Unlock Encrypted Phones

Ars went in person to the Oakland courthouse on Wednesday to obtain the documents and is publishing both the government’s application and the judge’s order for the first time here. The All Writs Act application and order are not available via PACER, the online database for federal court records.

“This Court has the authority to order Apple, Inc., to use any capabilities it may have to unlock the iPhone,” Garth Hire, an assistant US attorney, wrote to the court and cited the All Writs Act.

Cyber Ring Stole Secrets For Gaming US Stock Market

Reuters has the scoop this morning on a new report out from the folks at FireEye about a cyber espionage ring that targets financial services firms. The campaign, dubbed FIN4 by FireEye, stole corporate secrets for the purpose of gaming the stock market. FireEye believes that the extensive cyber operation compromised sensitive data about dozens of publicly held companies. According to the report, the victims include financial services firms and those in related sectors, including investment bankers, attorneys and investor relations firms. Rather than attempting to break into networks overtly, the attackers targeted employees within each organization. Phishing e-mail messages led victims to bogus web sites controlled by the hackers, who harvested login credentials to e-mail and social media accounts. Those accounts were then used to expand the hackers’ reach within the target organization: sending phishing email messages to other employees.

Sony hires Mandiant after cyber attack, FBI starts probe | Reuters

Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired FireEye Inc’s Mandiant forensics unit to clean up a massive cyber attack that knocked out the studio’s computer network nearly a week ago, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday.

• New evidence points to North Korean involvement in Sony Pictures hack | The Verge

New evidence is emerging that suggests North Korea may be behind the hack. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that researchers investigating the hack have found the malicious code to be almost exactly the same as the code used in a March 2013 attack on a series of South Korean banks and broadcasters, an attack widely believed to have been conducted by North Korea. Re/code had previously reported that Sony was investigating a North Korean connection, but this new analysis is the most definitive evidence unearthed so far.

• Sony Restored After Hacking, Nears Deal For NYPD Docu ‘The Seven Five’ | Deadline

Sony Pictures has gotten its computer systems back online, with emails and everything else up and running again.

Google sold more Chromebooks to US schools than Apple did iPads in Q3

According to the latest data from IDC, Google, for the first time ever, has overtaken Apple in United States schools. The research firm claims that Google shipped 715,000 Chromebooks to schools in the third quarter, while Apple shipped 702,000 iPads to schools. Chromebooks as a whole now account for a quarter of the educational market (via FT).

Chromebooks start at $199, while last year’s iPad Air, with educational discounts applied, costs $379. The research firm also says that many school corporations prefer the full keyboard found on Chromebooks instead of the touchscreen found on iPads. Some schools that use iPads, however, supply students with a keyboard case as well, but that only further increases the cost of iPads compared to Chromebooks.

Apple faces trial in decade-old iTunes DRM lawsuit | ITworld

Plaintiffs in the Apple iPod iTunes antitrust litigation complain that Apple married iTunes music with iPod players, and they want $350 million in damages. The lawsuit accuses Apple of violating U.S. and California antitrust law by restricting music purchased on iTunes from being played on devices other than iPods and by not allowing iPods to play music purchased on other digital music services. Late Apple founder Steve Jobs will reportedly appear via a videotaped statement during the trial, scheduled to begin Tuesday morning in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The original January 2005 complaint in the case references a music distribution industry that no longer exists nearly a decade later. The document refers to iTunes competitors Napster, Buy.com, Music Rebellion and Audio Lunch Box, along with digital music players from Gateway, Epson, RCA and e.Digital.

The opening paragraphs of the complaint talk about defunct CD seller Tower Records.

Apple has monopoly market power, lawyers for plaintiff Thomas Slattery wrote. “Apple has rigged the hardware and software in its iPod such that the device will not directly play any music files originating from online music stores other than Apple’s iTunes music store,” they wrote.

Apple removed DRM (digital rights management) from iTunes in early 2009, so the lawsuit covers iPods purchased from Apple between September 2006 and March 2009.

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Mike and Chris go meta & discuss their thoughts about the state of Coder Radio, some ideas to mix it up & request your input.

Then we dig into a revealing support chat between an Android developer & the manager for Google Play Developer Support that finally gives us some real insight into the public address debacle.

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Feedback / Follow Up:

• My conversation with Google

• You want feedback? YOU’VE GOT FEEDBACK!

• I Need Some Answers…

• Swift Set Free

• Objective-C at first glance seems like the most weird and awful language I’ve ever used

Dev Hoopla:

More lawsuits over “no poach” deals get filed against Oracle, Microsoft

Mono for Unreal Engine – Miguel de Icaza

Earlier this year, both Epic Games and CryTech made their Unreal Engine
and CryEngine available under an affordable subscription model. These are
both very sophisticated game engines that power some high end and popular games.

We had previously helped Unity bring Mono as the scripting language used in their engine and we now had a chance to do this over again.

Today I am happy to introduce Mono for Unreal Engine.

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Should Linux users be anti-cloud? Why do so many of us feel guilty for using the\”cloud\”?

This week will dig into this conundrum and maybe even solve this more and more complex question.

Plus a little KDE vs Gnome debate, moral pirates, and even RMS\’ workflow.

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FU

• paul4er comments on ZoneMinder Review | LAS s28e10

• Chris also managed to make his KDE setup look rather hideous — so no wonder no one would want to look at that for much longer! I see he now also is blaming KDE for what most likely was the unstable and impractical fiddler\’s distro, Arch, wrecking his configuration

• donniezazen comments on ZoneMinder Review | LAS s28e10

One think about KDE that has always bugged me is lack of a design philosophy.

— Dat Cloud —

• What would be your dream setup?

I would ideally like to have a machine with the speed and memory of a laptop, and the display size of a laptop too, combined with the same freedom that I have now on the Yeelong.

Until I can have them both, freedom is my priority. I’ve campaigned for freedom since 1983, and I am not going to surrender that freedom for the sake of a more convenient computer.

I do hope to switch soon to a newer model of Yeelong with a 10-inch display.

It\’s the little things that make me use the cloud. IE, Dropbox, G+ pictures, Google Docs, etc.

• Ex-Microsoft privacy adviser: I don\’t trust company after NSA revelations

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• New Arch-er reporting : LinuxActionShow
• Comment on digital content restrictions

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Angela and Chris go over the one week challenge of switching from iPhone to Android! Which apps helped the transition, and what turned out to be a big challenge.

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• Dropbox
• Airdroid
• Bloatware
• Battery
• Scrapbooking App
• Hangouts
• Gmail
• Widgets
• Sounds

Phone Qualities

• Camera
• Too big

Chris’s STUFF:

• Stock Android
• Root

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I\’ve been a viewer for a couple years now though am always too lazy to make a handel in the IRC and usually just pound on the keyboard ending up as jb_viewer4311 or something. Chris does a great job with the network and it\’s great that Angela is so supportive of his unique job / hobby.

Keep up the great work with Jupiter broadcasting!

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Hi Chris! I am a recent owner of a Roku box. I would LOVE to watch JupiterBroadcasting shows via my Roku. Is this possible now? If not, have you considered it? I watch LAS, Techsnap and Faux Show pretty regularly.

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Angela takes the Android challenge and switched from her trusted iPhone to a Galaxy Note II and kicks it all off in tonight’s episode. We’ll round up some of important apps she’s found replacement for, and the ones she’s still in search of!

Plus her thoughts on Android’s out of the box experiences vs iOS, and much more!

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CON: New cable at my desk
PRO: Docking station

PRO: play.google.com
CON: not sure how to get my music and pics on my device

Usability:

• Don’t like the swipe animation or sound and can’t figure out how to change it.
• Email setup was straight foward
• I like how it separates my emails by day
• Every time I swipe to unlock I end up opening an App
• Can’t shake the drag down to refresh habit
• Photo browsing is interesting
• Doesn’t charge very fast

Music:

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1229970

I’m disappointed to see that I would have to have an internet connection to listen to my music.

Matt sent this link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrtstudio.iSyncr4Mac

Dropbox Music: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.doublecore.musicdropnplaylite

Apps I got:

• Jupiter Broadcasting https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jupiter.broadcasting.live.tv&feature=search_result
• Jblive.tv https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fcon.jblivetv&feature=search_result

• Callisto: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qweex.callisto&feature=search_result

• Photo Art: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funfactory.photoeditor&feature=search_result

• Pic Collage: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cardinalblue.piccollage.google&feature=search_result

• Lux Lite: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitocassisi.luxlite&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS52aXRvY2Fzc2lzaS5sdXhsaXRlIl0

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We chat with Michael Larabel the man behind Phoronix.com. We ask him if he feels his site’s image suffered from the coverage of Steam for Linux, chat about the Phoronix Test Suite and more!

Plus our favorite GUI Podcast catchers for Linux, our response to John Carmack’s thoughts on the gaming market for Linux, and so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

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