Yikes! (iPhone-R)
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watch out all you AT&T iphone tetherers!
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Interesting goings-on over in AT&T land today, with the US carrier seemingly going after jailbreaking iPhone users.
As ModMyi is reporting, AT&T customers who are using a jailbreak solution to obtain free tethering are beginning to receive SMS and email communications informing them they will need to pay a tethering fee if they wish to continue using the service.
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What people are finding a little scary is the way AT&T knows that users are using tethering at all. It was assumed that bits were bits, and carriers wouldn???t have any real way to know a user was tethering using an app such as MiWi. Turns out we were all wrong.
AT&T also followed up with the following email to their customers:
Dear [Customer],
We???ve noticed your service plan may need updating.
Many AT&T customers use their smartphones as a broadband connection for other devices, like laptops, netbooks or other smartphones??? a practice commonly known as tethering. Tethering can be an efficient way for our customers to enjoy the benefits of AT&T???s mobile broadband network and use more than one device to stay in touch with important people and information. To take advantage of this feature, we require that in addition to a data plan, you also have a tethering plan.
Our records show that you use this capability, but are not subscribed to our tethering plan.
If you would like to continue tethering, please log into
your account online at Cell Phones and Cell Phone Plans ??? Wireless from AT&T, or call us
at 1-888-860-6789 Monday ??? Friday, 7 a.m. ??? 9 p.m. CST
or Saturday, 8 a.m. ??? 7 p.m. CST, by March 27, 2011
to sign up for DataPro 4GB for Smartphone Tethering.
Here are details on the plan:
DataPro 4GB for Smartphone Tethering
??? $45 per month
(this gives you 4GB in total, combining both your smartphone data plan for $25 and the tethering feature, $20)
??? $10 per each additional GB thereafter, added automatically as needed
??? Mobile Hotspot capabilities are included for compatible Smartphones
If we don???t hear from you, we???ll plan to automatically enroll you into DataPro 4GB afterMarch 27, 2011. The new plan ??? whether you sign up on your own or we automatically enroll you ??? will replace your current smartphone data plan, including if you are on an unlimited data plan.
If you discontinue tethering, no changes to your current plan will be required.
It???s easy to track your usage throughout the month so there are no bill surprises. For example, we send you free text messages when you reach 65, 90, and 100 percent of your plan???s threshold. If you would like to monitor your account more closely, go towww.att.com/dataplans to learn about other ways to track your data usage.
As a reminder, our smartphone data plans also include unlimited usage of Wi-Fi at no additional charge. AT&T smartphone customers can use Wi-Fi at home or on-the-go at any one of our more than 23,000 U.S. hotspots already included in your data plan.
Thank you for bringing your account up to date. We appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve your mobile broadband needs.
Sincerely,
AT&T
So, the gist of it is this ??? if you really have to tether, just pay for it. If you don???t, AT&T will make you anyway!
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Interesting goings-on over in AT&T land today, with the US carrier seemingly going after jailbreaking iPhone users.
As ModMyi is reporting, AT&T customers who are using a jailbreak solution to obtain free tethering are beginning to receive SMS and email communications informing them they will need to pay a tethering fee if they wish to continue using the service.
Posted Image
What people are finding a little scary is the way AT&T knows that users are using tethering at all. It was assumed that bits were bits, and carriers wouldn???t have any real way to know a user was tethering using an app such as MiWi. Turns out we were all wrong.
AT&T also followed up with the following email to their customers:
Dear [Customer],
We???ve noticed your service plan may need updating.
Many AT&T customers use their smartphones as a broadband connection for other devices, like laptops, netbooks or other smartphones??? a practice commonly known as tethering. Tethering can be an efficient way for our customers to enjoy the benefits of AT&T???s mobile broadband network and use more than one device to stay in touch with important people and information. To take advantage of this feature, we require that in addition to a data plan, you also have a tethering plan.
Our records show that you use this capability, but are not subscribed to our tethering plan.
If you would like to continue tethering, please log into
your account online at Cell Phones and Cell Phone Plans ??? Wireless from AT&T, or call us
at 1-888-860-6789 Monday ??? Friday, 7 a.m. ??? 9 p.m. CST
or Saturday, 8 a.m. ??? 7 p.m. CST, by March 27, 2011
to sign up for DataPro 4GB for Smartphone Tethering.
Here are details on the plan:
DataPro 4GB for Smartphone Tethering
??? $45 per month
(this gives you 4GB in total, combining both your smartphone data plan for $25 and the tethering feature, $20)
??? $10 per each additional GB thereafter, added automatically as needed
??? Mobile Hotspot capabilities are included for compatible Smartphones
If we don???t hear from you, we???ll plan to automatically enroll you into DataPro 4GB afterMarch 27, 2011. The new plan ??? whether you sign up on your own or we automatically enroll you ??? will replace your current smartphone data plan, including if you are on an unlimited data plan.
If you discontinue tethering, no changes to your current plan will be required.
It???s easy to track your usage throughout the month so there are no bill surprises. For example, we send you free text messages when you reach 65, 90, and 100 percent of your plan???s threshold. If you would like to monitor your account more closely, go towww.att.com/dataplans to learn about other ways to track your data usage.
As a reminder, our smartphone data plans also include unlimited usage of Wi-Fi at no additional charge. AT&T smartphone customers can use Wi-Fi at home or on-the-go at any one of our more than 23,000 U.S. hotspots already included in your data plan.
Thank you for bringing your account up to date. We appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve your mobile broadband needs.
Sincerely,
AT&T
So, the gist of it is this ??? if you really have to tether, just pay for it. If you don???t, AT&T will make you anyway!
white_tea said:How about that latest commercial. I am not appreciating that tone in the slightest! "If you don't have an iPhone, you don't have an iPhone." How about this: Fuck you.
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white_tea said:How about that latest commercial. I am not appreciating that tone in the slightest! "If you don't have an iPhone, you don't have an iPhone." How about this: Fuck you.
Ha... totally. I was anti Apple for the longest time because of those stupid I'm a Mac, I'm a PC commercials.
I'm a Mac.
Oh yeah? Well you're also a smug prick.
But then I caved and got an iPhone, and now... I have an iPhone (Apple fan boy rel)
Ha... totally. I was anti Apple for the longest time because of those stupid I'm a Mac, I'm a PC commercials.
I'm a Mac.
Oh yeah? Well you're also a smug prick.
But then I caved and got an iPhone, and now... I have an iPhone (Apple fan boy rel)
I believe those commercials you're hating on are the work of AT&T or Verizon. I forget which one, but it's one of them saying if you don't have it on our network it's not the same. I believe it's ATT because they allow you to surf the web and use the phone. Apples commercials have a distinctly different feel.
Yes, Mac attitude has gotten a little smug, but they still make good shit. (paging pc dudes who will say it's overpriced)
Yes, Mac attitude has gotten a little smug, but they still make good shit. (paging pc dudes who will say it's overpriced)
In other phone related news...
The Michigan State Police have started using handheld machines called "extraction devices" to download personal information from motorists they pull over, even if they're not suspected of any crime. Naturally, the ACLU has a problem with this.
The devices, sold by a company called Cellebrite, can download text messages, photos, video, and even GPS data from most brands of cell phones. The handheld machines have various interfaces to work with different models and can even bypass security passwords and access some information.
The problem as the ACLU sees it, is that accessing a citizen's private phone information when there's no probable cause creates a violation of the Constitution's 4th Amendment, which protects us against unreasonable searches and seizures.
To that end, it's petitioning the MSP to turn over information about its use of the devices under the Freedom of Information Act. The MSP said it's happy to comply, that is, if the ACLU provides them with a processing fee in excess of $500,000.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20055431-1.html
day said:In other phone related news...
Wait a minute...
the police can demand motorists to hand over their cellphones and then extract (all) data from them? How can this be legally possible? How can you be obliged to hand over your cellphone without a warrant?
Apple is going to be in very hot water about the location detector issue over in Germany. The krauts are extremely serious about privacy protection and they're going to make them pay. There's already talk about threatening them with seizing assets to force a mass re-call of iphones to disable automatic tracking.
I hate cellphones. The last business cards I had printed up don't even have a phone number on them, just an email address.
The Michigan State Police have started using handheld machines called "extraction devices" to download personal information from motorists they pull over, even if they're not suspected of any crime. Naturally, the ACLU has a problem with this.
The devices, sold by a company called Cellebrite, can download text messages, photos, video, and even GPS data from most brands of cell phones. The handheld machines have various interfaces to work with different models and can even bypass security passwords and access some information.
The problem as the ACLU sees it, is that accessing a citizen's private phone information when there's no probable cause creates a violation of the Constitution's 4th Amendment, which protects us against unreasonable searches and seizures.
To that end, it's petitioning the MSP to turn over information about its use of the devices under the Freedom of Information Act. The MSP said it's happy to comply, that is, if the ACLU provides them with a processing fee in excess of $500,000.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20055431-1.html
Wait a minute...
the police can demand motorists to hand over their cellphones and then extract (all) data from them? How can this be legally possible? How can you be obliged to hand over your cellphone without a warrant?
Apple is going to be in very hot water about the location detector issue over in Germany. The krauts are extremely serious about privacy protection and they're going to make them pay. There's already talk about threatening them with seizing assets to force a mass re-call of iphones to disable automatic tracking.
I hate cellphones. The last business cards I had printed up don't even have a phone number on them, just an email address.
Mental note, when in Michigan, buy a cheap pre-paid cell phone with a bunch of made up contacts and a few innocuous calls/texts in it to hand over to cops as a decoy to hand over to police if you get pulled over.
Apple are control freaks. I got that vibe with ITunes.
They can't just sell handy appliances and software, they have to try to weave in some kind of outright dependancy on their schitt so you're locked in for life. Yeah, its a great business approach to sustainable profit, but all I see it as is greed and it puts me right off buying into any of it.
I'd like to see them get overtaken by a rival who actually allows cross-compatibility for their customers, as opposed to paranoid counter measures against free-will.
They can't just sell handy appliances and software, they have to try to weave in some kind of outright dependancy on their schitt so you're locked in for life. Yeah, its a great business approach to sustainable profit, but all I see it as is greed and it puts me right off buying into any of it.
I'd like to see them get overtaken by a rival who actually allows cross-compatibility for their customers, as opposed to paranoid counter measures against free-will.
FortyFivan said:$5.99 billion in net profit last quarter... they're certainly doing something right
Well, following your logic I guess Mexican drug cartels must be some extremely righteous enterprises then?
I have never owned a non-apple computer but these fuckers are behaving like Scientology. I'm going to go PC with the upcoming purchase of a new computer, which has been long overdue because I was so indecisive about this. If only I wouldn't hate windows so much with all those useless applications automatically opening up and shit but damn... fuck you, steve jobs!
Well, following your logic I guess Mexican drug cartels must be some extremely righteous enterprises then?
I have never owned a non-apple computer but these fuckers are behaving like Scientology. I'm going to go PC with the upcoming purchase of a new computer, which has been long overdue because I was so indecisive about this. If only I wouldn't hate windows so much with all those useless applications automatically opening up and shit but damn... fuck you, steve jobs!
I have never owned a cell phone.....and I really don't think my life is any worse off for it.....maybe actually better off.
Frank said:FortyFivan said:$5.99 billion in net profit last quarter... they're certainly doing something right
Well, following your logic I guess Mexican drug cartels must be some extremely righteous enterprises then?
I have never owned a non-apple computer but these fuckers are behaving like Scientology. I'm going to go PC with the upcoming purchase of a new computer, which has been long overdue because I was so indecisive about this. If only I wouldn't hate windows so much with all those useless applications automatically opening up and shit but damn... fuck you, steve jobs!
Oh yeah, I forgot what website I was on there for a second... My comment was solely out of amazement that they are able to continue that level of business success quarter over quarter, year over year... nothing to do with their practices or ethics. I don't involve myself in those conversations on Sensitive Smug Strut because they go nowhere. Continue basking in the smell of your own farts.
Well, following your logic I guess Mexican drug cartels must be some extremely righteous enterprises then?
I have never owned a non-apple computer but these fuckers are behaving like Scientology. I'm going to go PC with the upcoming purchase of a new computer, which has been long overdue because I was so indecisive about this. If only I wouldn't hate windows so much with all those useless applications automatically opening up and shit but damn... fuck you, steve jobs!
Oh yeah, I forgot what website I was on there for a second... My comment was solely out of amazement that they are able to continue that level of business success quarter over quarter, year over year... nothing to do with their practices or ethics. I don't involve myself in those conversations on Sensitive Smug Strut because they go nowhere. Continue basking in the smell of your own farts.
Rockadelic said:I have never owned a cell phone.....and I really don't think my life is any worse off for it.....maybe actually better off.
how is life living off of the grid?
how is life living off of the grid?
Frank said:I have never owned a non-apple computer but these fuckers are behaving like Scientology. I'm going to go PC with the upcoming purchase of a new computer, which has been long overdue because I was so indecisive about this. If only I wouldn't hate windows so much with all those useless applications automatically opening up and shit but damn... fuck you, steve jobs!
The dude is seriously the face of Big Brother. It blows my mind that all of these slack-jawed techno-geeks hang all over him like he's a prophet.
If he is a prophet, our future is pretty bleak.
The dude is seriously the face of Big Brother. It blows my mind that all of these slack-jawed techno-geeks hang all over him like he's a prophet.
If he is a prophet, our future is pretty bleak.
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