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

[David Andrews]

Just having a Stream would only get you so far.  First, you would 
have to know what to do with it.  Secondly, you would have to have a 
BARD account to get any books, and those books are only playable on 
the Stream, and other authorized devices.  So, I am not sure that I 
see how the loss of one Stream jeopardizes the whole system.

Dave

At 07:04 PM 5/16/2010, you wrote:
>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
>Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA
>PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100
>Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au
>Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America)
>Email: greg.kearney at guidedogswa.com.au
>Email: gkearney at gmail.com
>
>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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