Posted on 01/10/2021 7:45:22 AM PST by jimjohn
There have been reports that companies such as Apple (maybe others) are planning an update to disable the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) which is mandated by law on all smart phones. While we cannot confirm this, it is clear that actions are being directed against certain platforms and individuals due in part to certain political agendas. These actions have escalated since January 6, 2021, and taking place in a coordinated fashion.
As a pro-active measure, we strongly suggest persons receiving this message do the following:
1. Disable the auto-update feature on all network connected two-way communication devices. This would include smartphones, tablets, laptops, even watches. At the time of this writing, information on how to update these settings are still searchable. There are technical work arounds if updates are needed.
2. To all small and medium business using cloud based services: We suggested a nightly backup of all sensitive data to a local drive (i.e. detachable from the downloading device) with a routine retention policy (e.g. delete backups after a certain number of days). Note to businesses: Your company web staff should know how to do this, but insist that you - and not the web staff have a copy in your possession. All persons should download and keep hard copies of your personal contacts in case of operating system error.
3. Obtain the IP address of your websites where you receive information important to you. Use this in the event of domain traffic interruption.
That is all.
The only SW thread I could find. Might be useful
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3911993/posts
The frequencies around 6950 are popular with pirate radio. If things should go south I will be keeping an eye on that part of the spectrum.
Everything about the 2020 Presidential election would have sounded like tinfoil too... Until it actually happened.
I no longer have a bar for suspending disbelief."
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Post of the year, as far as I'm concerned.
No kidding. Just as much credibility as tennis shoes hanging from power/phone lines are marking gang territory, or flashing your headlights at night at an incoming car with its high-beams on gets you murdered because it’s a gang initiation thing, like getting your kidney removed in a hotel somewhere after being drugged by a beautiful woman. . .and many other urban myths.
Thanks it worked. But is there some security risk with Developer Mode being left on.
After disabling updates should developer mode be turned back off?
Thanks for the EBS/EAS correction.
“Maintain your Essence...”
Of course...
That would be Purity of Essence!
it sounds tinfoily cause it’s completely silly. There’s nothing to gain from them turning off the EBS on phones. There’s a million other EBS channels. And nothing that actually matters goes out on EBS. I turned it off on my phone. Really folks, stop believing rando BS.
And no supporting evidence to back it up either.
Yup,
Things Are
Different Now.
Leaving the developer mode on mine, your choice.
Are they serious?
Maybe Apple will disable it until Jan. 20, 2021 at 12:01pm?
Or maybe they’ll disable it after then in order to prevent the user from receiving garbled messages like “Trimunaladimaprzure!”
On mine after tapping on the build number numerous times the "developer options" appear on the bottom of the settings screen.
I turned developer mode off after I reset automatic updates to off. And found it was off, but I can at will repeat the procedure to get developer mode turned back on.
My essence is just fine, thank you very much. Just ask anyone. :-)
Yep!
Just as warnings of the communists rigging the Presidential election was received...
Or that Americans could be threatened with a purge based on their views...
Or that DC would be seriously advanced as a state...
Or that the right to worship as you see fit be lost...
Etc...
Etc...
Can you instruct on how/where to find the IP of a website? Thanks
Someone needs to put a list together of ip addresses of conservative sites and any other site needed during such crisis like banks
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