Re: Interesting read on iPhone and iPad tracking

2011-04-22 Thread Stuart Evans
Opinion H. How many remember the absolute outcry when the government was going to bring in the “Australia” card many years ago. “Invasion of Privacy” etc etc. Even Google when they were doing Street View cause quite an outcry (some of it urban myths). How ironic now that we are so apathetic

Re: Interesting read on iPhone and iPad tracking

2011-04-22 Thread Daniel Kerr
Yes, its actually quite interesting the amount of info you can garnish on someone. All the things we think are hidden can sometimes just be found by some interesting searched. A surprised a friend of mine with the amount of info I could show them simply from having their email address and their

Re: Interesting read on iPhone and iPad tracking

2011-04-22 Thread cm
Hi, The best evidence is that there is no collection of data at all by anyone. That's right, this data is not being collected and it may not be legal in some US states to do so. Despite the claims of the two, so called, data scientists, (who are really just developers seeking publicity and who

Re: Interesting read on iPhone and iPad tracking

2011-04-22 Thread Daniel Kerr
Yeh agreed. I think for the amount of info you can (or cant) get off the file is minimal in comparison to all the other info can find from other sources or a simple google-fest. All I got on my files was about 5million dots splattered from one end of Perth to the other, Even zoomed in. So it

For those that were having problems with Mail and Attachments

2011-04-22 Thread Daniel Kerr
Just noticed this was on special, so if people had been looking at it, you can save 33% for then next 19ish hours Attachment Tamer http://www.mupromo.com/deal/1486/7024/attachment-tamer It's $9.99 instead of $14.99. Just thought I'd mention it incase anyone was interested. Kind regards Daniel

Re: Interesting read on iPhone and iPad tracking

2011-04-22 Thread Adrian Skehan
Good afternoon all, I too have been astonished at the alarmist coverage this furphy has received, even ABC News 24 today and the BBC overnight had a go at it. I was initially flattered at the thought that anyone would be even mildly interested in where I had been, however, when I looked at

Re: Interesting read on iPhone and iPad tracking - digital footprint

2011-04-22 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Adrian Just playing with my little one,..but basically With the use of google, Facebook (especially), whitepages, a bit of time and little thinking outside the square I was able to piece it together. As an example I've sent you something offlist. Not going to get started on it, otherwise

Re: For those that were having problems with Mail and Attachments

2011-04-22 Thread Marlene Oostryck
Hi Daniel This looks useful for me - any benefits to you if I use the address you provided - or do I just use the MacUpdate email direct? Regards Marlene On 22/04/2011, at 4:04 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Just noticed this was on special, so if people had been looking at it, you can save 33%

Re: Movies/photos between iPad and iMac

2011-04-22 Thread Marlene Oostryck
Hi Ronni Once again, many thanks for your detailed response. I hope to have some time over Easter to try it out. Regards Marlene On 19/04/2011, at 4:51 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Marlene, The Videos need to be converted to a format that the iPad can play. All my Videos synced to my iPad

WAMUG Special General Meeting (+ Voting Procedures)

2011-04-22 Thread Pete Smith
G'day all. The committee has finalised voting procedures for the upcoming special general meeting. WAMUG members, both Life and Ordinary, are able to vote by proxy if unable to attend the meeting (or if you're not sure you can make it and want to make sure your vote counts). The voting

Re: For those that were having problems with Mail and Attachments

2011-04-22 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Maureen Nah, makes no difference to me, but thanks for asking. I just provided the link for interest. As it was one I received in an email from them that I receive daily. If I do ever post a link that I'm an affiliate for, I will always disclose the information at the same time. :o) I prefer

Re: Apple TV and movie hire ?

2011-04-22 Thread Stephen Chape
Hello once again WAMUG people, I have been thinking of making Quicktime Movies of all my family videos so that I can stream them through the Apple TV (which I don't have yet) to my Television. Rather than burning them onto DVD's as I have done up until now. Does this sound like it would work

Fwd: Apple TV and movie hire ?

2011-04-22 Thread Stephen Chape
I have just found that I can use Toast 10 Titanium to convert my opened DMG files and export them directly to iTunes. Interestingly the one that I used as a test (a 671MB DMG file) finished up as a 264MB file in iTunes. However if I exported it to a Quicktime file it would be only 10.6MB. I can

Re: Apple TV and movie hire ?

2011-04-22 Thread cm
Hi Stephen, Yes movies and music videos in your iTunes collection can be streamed to your Apple TV2. They can be sent via Air Play to the ATV2 from your Mac, iPad, or iPhone. Or they can be selected on the ATV2 itself from an iTunes library shared by Home Sharing. Cheers, Carlo Sent from

New MacBook Airs - in June/July????

2011-04-22 Thread Rod Blitvich
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/04/22/apple_to_begin_production_of_thunderbolt_macbook_airs_next_month.htmlorClick HereandProduction of New Thunderbolt-Equipped MacBook Airs Set for Next Month? Apple next month will reportedly begin manufacturing the first updates to its rejuvenated

Re: Broadcasting Location Without Meaning To (was: iPhone and iPad tracking)

2011-04-22 Thread cm
In this same vein, MIT Technology Review published an article yesterday about tracking a person by the photos he posted. Here is a summary of the article from slashdot.org: Smartphones include geotagging features that many people aren't aware of, MIT's Technology Review reports. And it's not