[nabs-l] security alerts on the braillenote

[Mike Freeman]

Can you say "identity verification"?

Mike Freeman
sent from my iPhone

On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:49, Patrick Molloy <ptrck.molloy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Along the same line as the original topic of this post, I'm wondering
> why it is that Bookshare, which is in the "my favorites" folder on the
> BrailleNote, would give us such a hard time when trying to get on. I
> was trying to download a book this past weekend and must have run into
> a dozen of those security alerts. Sometimes I can just exit out, but
> other times, I exit out and there's another security alert!
> Patrick
> 
> On 3/11/13, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yeah my point is the same why in the world would you have to pay
>> over $5,000 for a device that can barely do more than go on
>> Facebook or google or Bookshare when an iPhone costs less than
>> half the price and you can do anything on it.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Valerie Gibson <valandkayla at gmail.com
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:38:15 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] security alerts on the braillenote
>> 
>> I think i saw something about it on the BN mailing list, but
>> someone said their computer was doing it too, and I have not had
>> that problem.  Overall, the thread on it was not too helpful, but
>> maybe I just didn't dig deep enough.
>> 
>> Another bad part about all this is, I can't even exit the
>> internet because the dialog pops up again.  I have to reset my
>> BN.
>> 
>> It's sadly getting to the point where, if not for the braille
>> display, the BN would not be worth having…at least that's my
>> thinking.
>> 
>> I know the BN can only do so muc, but if it were half as good as
>> a mobile device that would be something.  I don't mean to bash
>> the braillenote or the manufacturer, and I appologize if my tone
>> is coming across as such, it's just…to spend that much money on a
>> device and have your iphone/ipad, which coasts a fifth of the
>> price, work more flawlessly is a wee bit disappointing.
>> 
>> Maybe humanware should up the game and make a iphone/ipad docking
>> station with a braille display at the bottom…or an iphone/ipad
>> case with a braille display somehow built in.  You have to admit,
>> that would be beautiful.  :)
>> 
>> If anyone figures out a way around this, please let me know.
>> Thanks so much.
>> On Mar 11, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Zachary N.  Griego-Dreicer
>> <zdreicer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> good evening Valerie.  I get those annoying things all the time!
>> I can not figure a way around them either.  Do you know of  the
>> braillenote mailing list?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Mar 10, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Valerie Gibson
>> <valandkayla at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Quick question.  Does anyone ever get a ton of security alerts
>> while using the internet on the braillenote apex?  When I go to
>> facebook or bookshare, I'll get:
>> Security alert dialog.
>> informationyou exchange with this site cannot be viewed or
>> changed by others.  However, there is a problem with the site's
>> security certificate.  The security certificate is from a trusted
>> certifying athority.
>> The security certificate date is valid.
>> The name on the security certificate is invalid or does not
>> match the name of the site.
>> Do you want to continue?
>> 
>> The problem is:
>> 1.  I can sometimes get eight or ten of these in a row, and I
>> just hit yes on it.
>> 2.  When i'm moving to a new line on the dialog, the braillenote
>> lags.  for example, from "The name on the security certificate is
>> invalid…" to "do you want to continue…" it takes the braillenote
>> a second at most to jump from those two line.  When you're
>> dealing with four lines, that's four seconds, just to get to the
>> prompt.  With all of that added up, it takes about a minute to
>> get past that.  I even tried hitting "no" on the prompt and it
>> still brings up security stuff..
>> 
>> Any advice, suggestions, helpful hints, complaints such as this,
>> etc? :)
>> 
>> Thanks
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