Apple takes down Blockchain app

Perhaps Apple think that all Bitcoin/Litecoin activity is related to nefarious transactions and wants no part of it.

The fact that Google (Play) still has such apps still in its store is more of a reflection that the Google platform is far less regulated and hosts things that are less than kosher.

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21 Burbank Dr, North York, ON M2K 1M7, Canada

Apple Inforrmation Requests

Apple released a report that details (apart for the US) the number of requests that it received from Law Enforcement Agencies yesterday"

• Report on Government Information Requests November 5, 2013

I just listened to a program on the BBC  World Service that discussed it. I was confused to know why the number of requests that were granted (i.e. information was actually released) was not discussed. Surely it does not matter how many requests are made or received, it is the number that are complied with?

Perhaps Apple were asked as they possibly would have this information to "give-up"? Other companies or services may not have this information  as they may not have a clue. I am sure that Google does though!

The main issue seemed (on the BBC report) was the general terms that Apple are allowed by the US government to reveal information on US requests.
Do I see a double standard here? Again, nothing new............

After all, the NSA is only spying on these nasty foreigners, not on its own citizens!

Hats off to Roger Dingledine

Not only did Roger (Arma) take the trouble to write a blog post about the Guardian "exposé" he also  responded to the comments that visitors posted about it.

Some of the comments were accusatory, in that Tor did have a problem or that they are in cahoots with the NSA, but he responded, I think, in a manner that was wholly appropriate. Not only did he address each point, technical or political, he was also tolerant of the idiotic.

• Yes, we know about the Guardian article - October 4th, 2013
• My page on Roger Dingledine - and the Tor Blog.

Problems with Netflix Audio Sync

If you search for this problem on the Internet the first result that you will find is a posting from Netflix that  indicates to me that they don't know what the fix is for this.



I have seen this phenomena before on downloaded media from torrent websites. The fact that you are streaming media from a paid subscription to Netflix does not mean that you will not see this there.


If a media stream is not encoded correctly the Audio and Video can often fall out-of-sync. This could be due to a  number of reasons but once the delay or advance has occurred on the original media stream it is not easy to correct it.

If there are problems with the audio/video sync on media watched on-line from Netflix it is more than likely to be a problem at their end than with your equipment.





I have documented this in more detail on tempusfugit.ca