While we're wishing, how about jail time for lawmakers who vote for obviously-unconstitutional laws?
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At one point Google had highly specialized hardware that only listened for "ok Google"; that's why you couldn't (and AFAICT still can't) change the wake word.
Things may have changed in the years since I learned that, but I suspect recognizing a bunch of words from an ever-changing list would still need to be done in software and require the phone's CPU to run.
OTOH, the way Android phones recognize and songs for you is very much like what you described, so maybe there really is hardware already that can recognize a shitload of arbitrary sounds using practically no power.
Language really muddles things here. What counts as "listening"? In some sense a microphone not connected to anything is always "listening" but we don't call it that because the electrical impulses it generates don't go anywhere. Is a phone "listening" if it's just running that data through a routine that only recognizes a wake word? Does it make sense to use the same word for that as for live streaming data to a server?
So many people have trouble telling the difference between "that was fine" and "that's not what happened". It's very disappointing.
Or, you know, Taco Bell pays to be promoted.
What do you consider an appropriate fine for someone who's using a product in the manner approved by laws and the manufacturer when the product malfunctions and kills someone?
Involuntary manslaughter ≠ murder
I don't know about the key length of a TPM. If I had to guess I'd say something like 256 or 512 bits, or even 1024. But I was just addressing the PIN the user might type in to unlock their phone. That's something the user can control, and it provides plenty of security against naive brute force attacks by people not sophisticated enough to disassemble the phone. I assume that group includes the majority of police departments and any cop whose main work is outside of a lab.
Pins are pretty damn secure because after too many wrong guesses the phone will start making you wait a long time between attempts.
OTOH, as a point of reference, Microsoft requires an 8-digit pin on phones that can access comment resources. It was 6 until very recently, though, so that's probably fine if you're not a target of corporate espionage.
On iOS? I don't. I guess it shows.
Last I checked there was a statutory limit on the size of the court, so the House would have to be involved in raising it.
Right?