Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,alt.privacy Subject: Re: RCS is not more private and secure than texting according to the FBI Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 17:04:26 +0100 Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <0maa3lxnpe.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net xjVdo1hHxD1tJZLukUVZhgawVhkIv42xyiiOMhlEC4FUioK+WN Cancel-Lock: sha1:vRu1kt1K9jR9k5cqiU7HeP+7v4A= sha256:URt/NMHywZEa20CgD89KnKH8u9GNKqaJdyDNYXb589o= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com misc.phone.mobile.iphone:192185 comp.mobile.android:145486 alt.privacy:29729 Andrew, 2024-12-20 21:01: > Ant wrote on Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:17:36 +0000 : > >>> For the record, my iPhone continues to work whether I'm connected to the >>> internet or not. >> >> Ditto. I put mine offline when not needed. > > The iPhone is a dumb terminal - devoid of functionality if you don't log > into the Apple mainframe servers 24/7/365 just for basic functionality. I got an iPhone SE from my employer and can't reproduce this. Even without internet and without connection to Apple it still works. I can take pictures with it, listen to music which is stored on the device and even call people if I only have GSM without internet. So what exactly do you mean? -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de