Computers
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eSIM is superior, but not universal
eSIM is easy. There is no physical card, only software verification through scanning a QRCode from a provider. Phones can theoretically have as many phone numbers as possible. My iPhone has two eSIMs, one for Wind Tre in Italy and one for AT&T in America. However, when I switch phones, I need to call AT&T to change, and I must go to a Wind Tre store and pay €15 to transfer my phone number to a new phone. Not as seamless as companies want you to believe. In the past, I would buy a regular
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The iPhone and The FBI
I find it hard to believe that the FBI cannot crack an iPhone. After ten attempts the phone might wipe itself, which is what the FBI is afraid might happen. Maybe they do not use Macs in the FBI, but with Xcode, a tool from Apple to create code for OS X and the i devices, it is possible to emulate Apple devices. So how could an iPhone be emulated? Easy! Dump the memory from the phone. I used to do this with Atari 2600 cartridges in the 1970s. While the method is different today, the basics are the