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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Okay new thread with this question. My Iphone 5S is just rebooting over and over again. Any advice? I will head over to Apple store as soon as I can. I am abroad. Do you think it will work if I buy a new phone and switch my US SIM to it? Also I WANT SIGNAL BACKUP OPTION. 😡😡😡😡https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/995999577231757312 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      HMM; also without a working phone I'd be locked out of a bunch of things that require phone for some sort of 2FA--whether duo or google authenticator or whatnot. 😬😬😬😬😬 I'm abroad atm so can't just get new phone and put in SIM probably. HMMMMMMMM. Wellllllll...
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

      No, then I lose all my old Signal messages. I have to try to get this phone fixed. Even if I get a new phone just to save the day, I cannot install Signal on the new phone without trying everything possible to salvage the old one. No back up option in Signal means this. 😡😡😡😡

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

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      None for iOS. https://twitter.com/Nebby_99/status/996010458971758592 …

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

      Eek, now I have to *walk* to an Apple store without Google maps for direction. Anyone who has seen me try to find my way anywhere knows what this means. If I am not heard from, please send Google Maps.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Michael Hibay

      Not everyone who uses Signal needs highest security; a backup option—especially if turned on contact by contact—would accelerate adoption. Most of the time, that's why I can't get people to use Signal at all, which hinders Signal for the truly at-risk.https://twitter.com/hibaymj/status/996024523727233025 …

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      Michael Hibay @hibaymj
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      But who holds the key for your backup? It may be annoying but it’s also a really hard problem to solve without undermining the security in the first place.
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

      Also, to get into my iCloud, I need 2FA with ... my non-working phone or a text to my phone. (I'm getting around this with a temporary phone at the Apple store at the moment but I guess I'm testing out all the 2FA hard problems in one go!)

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

      Does anyone know if buy an Apple iPhone (SE) in Europe and find that the different antenna configuration degrades performance too much in the US, I can return the phone in the US? (SE has different versions with different LTE antennas). Asking for .. nobody in particular.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

      Also, does anyone, ahem, know if iPhone SE (Model A1723) which isn't optimized for T-Mobile or AT&T in the US but will kinda work degrades terribly because of lack of the exact optimization of the right antennas? I know it will work but how much of a performance loss? 😢

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

          GRRR. Buying my *third* iPhone in a year. 😡😡😡One I kept (instead of reselling like I wanted to) because I couldn't backup Signal. Now one I lost all my Signal messages on phone two. No more Signal for me until @whispersystems figures out a way to backup *under user control*.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

          I'll give up metadata to iMessage or to WhatsApp rather than deal with the inability to backup Signal. Literally, this is the biggest issue I've had trying to convert people to Signal. Now I'm converted out. I realize there are challenges but local back up should be an option!

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted ACAB | Rodrigo Duterte can get fucked with a baton

          Unfortunately, Androids aren't secure. I used to have Google Android phones--where I repeatedly tried to turn off Google tracking options and repeatedly found that I was unable to stop Google. There were always more buried options that were ON by default.https://twitter.com/temporalthought/status/996041746344689666 …

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          ACAB | Rodrigo Duterte can get fucked with a baton @temporalthought
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          *slowly raises fingers* an...android?
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

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          At the moment, both iMessage and WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted but log metadata. Signal does not. Unfortunately, lack of Signal backup option means I will chose to let metadata be logged. No more Signal for me. It will affect how I can communicate. 😢https://twitter.com/fredsharples/status/996046236913291264 …

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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018

          I have a new phone! If you're one of the many I said I'd only talk to you on Signal: It's now only iMessage or WhatsApp. Not installing Signal on my new phone. 1-I'd lose old Signal messages in case phone recovered. 2-No more Signal for me till iOS backups are possible. I'm done.

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        2. Asher Wolf‏Verified account @Asher_Wolf 14 May 2018
          Replying to @zeynep

          Can't say what it'll be like in the U.S., but I use one in Australia and we have terrible internet (generally speaking) and it works fine

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        3. Asher Wolf‏Verified account @Asher_Wolf 14 May 2018
          Replying to @Asher_Wolf @zeynep

          Also I find the SE is the best fit for a smaller hand

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        2. Michael Love‏ @elkmovie 14 May 2018
          Replying to @zeynep

          Per https://www.apple.com/iphone-se/specs/ … it looks like the only LTE bands missing on A1723 versus A1662 are 13 and 29, and per https://www.phonearena.com/news/Cheat-sheet-which-4G-LTE-bands-do-AT-T-Verizon-T-Mobile-and-Sprint-use-in-the-USA_id77933 … neither AT&T nor T-Mobile uses those bands.

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        3. Michael Love‏ @elkmovie 14 May 2018
          Replying to @elkmovie @zeynep

          My own experience is that they’re generally interchangeable unless you are missing a critical LTE band, which wouldn’t seem to be the case here.

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        2. John Berry‏ @aniccia 14 May 2018
          Replying to @zeynep

          I think the hardware is the same: a crappy F antenna along the top and standard Qualcomm modem and RF transceiver chips. The chips support all cellular modes and 2G, 3G and 4G/LTE frequency bands and band combinations. The bands in use/excluded on a phone are software defined

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2018
          Replying to @aniccia

          Yeah, I think I will be fine with the phone... It is ordinarily under warranty, if it weren't for Signal backup issues, I'd get a new one for free! I'm now trying to deal with whether there is any hope for it or not. :-(

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