[Dtb-talk] iPhone/iPad/iPod touch NLS Playback question

[Mike Freeman]

Who's gonna do the activation/deactivation?

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Kearney" <gkearney at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] iPhone/iPad/iPod touch NLS Playback question


> Is not the loss of even one NLS authorised Stream to an outside entity or 
> person a breach of the security of the whole system? As I understand that 
> system it is dependent upon only a few keys the breaching of which 
> imperils the entire scheme.
>
> In theory at least the iPhone and related devices could be made even more 
> secure than the Stream. The iPhone could, excuse the term here, "phone 
> home" to check if the authorisation keys are still valid. In this way if a 
> phone were to be stolen, lost, sold or if the user simply dies the NLS key 
> in the phone could be deactivated.
>
>
> Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media
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> On 17/05/2010, at 5:23 AM, Mike Freeman wrote:
>
>> I'm on my third Stream also; one had a minor problem that couldn't be 
>> fixed; the second was stolen and I'm using the third.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>> To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 1:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] iPhone/iPad/iPod touch NLS Playback question
>>
>>
>>> Possibly Mike, but I am not sure.  For one reason and another, (one 
>>> involving the so-called porcelain God,) I am on my third Stream and have 
>>> registered other machines too.  I am not sure the iPod would be 
>>> appreciably different.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> At 01:41 PM 5/16/2010, you wrote:
>>>> One more thought:
>>>>
>>>> Devices such as the iPhone become obsolete much more quickly than 
>>>> adaptive tech for the blind. So you'd constantly be registering your 
>>>> new iPhones. Impractical to my way of thinking.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>
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