1 week agoLatest NewsComments Off on Apple’s ‘self-destruct’ button wipes your iPhone if someone tries to break in – it only takes seconds to activate
MILLIONS of iPhones have a well-hidden button that triggers a “self-destruct” effect when someone tries to break into it.
If they guess your passcode wrong too many times, your iPhone will completely erase all of its contents.
Apple / The SunYour Lock Screen is one of the main defences against snoopers trying to break in[/caption]
The person trying to guess your passcode will only get 10 tries.
After that point, Apple says that your iPhone will “erase all information, media, and personal settings”.
The 10 wrong attempts will need to be consecutive – so if you’ve entered it correctly between their guesses, the counter will have reset at that point.
It’s designed to stop someone from doing a “brute-force” attack where they guess your passcode over and over until they get it right.
With the “self-destruct” active, it’ll stop this type of attacker from being able to get access to your texts, photos, and data.
However, note that it’s a total wipe – so turn it on with caution.
Once your iPhone’s data is erased, the only way to get it back is to restore it from a back-up.
If you haven’t backed your iPhone up then you’ll need to set it up as a brand new device.
So if you have young kids, make sure they’re not at risk of potentially tapping in loads of wrong passcodes – and accidentally wiping your iPhone.
At the very least, ensure you back up your iPhone first before activating the feature.
HOW TO SET UP IPHONE ‘SELF-DESTRUCT’
Firstly, make sure that your iPhone is set to back up.
You can back up manually by connecting to Wi-Fi then going to Settings > [Name] > iCloud.
Then you can tap on iCloud Backup > Back Up Now to make sure that your data is saved,.
You can also automatically back up your iPhone.
The SunHead into your Face ID or Touch ID settings on your iPhone[/caption]
Just go to Settings > [Name] > iCloud > iCloud Backup and make sure that you’ve got Back Up This iPhone is turned on.
You’ll need your iPhone connected to a Wi-Fi network and a power source for automatic back-up to take place.
If you don’t have enough iCloud storage, your back-up might not complete. If that’s the case, you’ll need to buy more iCloud storage.
Once you’re happy with your backups, you can then activate the “self-destruct” feature.
IPHONE LOCKING TOO QUICKLY?
You can change that...
If you think your iPhone locks too quickly on its own, you can change the time.
Just go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock.
You can then choose from one of the following time options:
30 seconds
1 minute
2 minutes
3 minutes
4 minutes
5 minutes
Never
It’s worth noting that if you put your iPhone on the Home Screen and don’t do anything, the Auto-Lock time is “reduced by half”, according to Apple.
Picture Credit: The Sun
The SunYour iPhone passcode protects all of its secrets – so guard it well[/caption]
Just go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode or Settings > Touch ID & Passcode.
Then scroll to the bottom of the page and turn on the toggle for Erase Data.
Once that’s active, you’ll only ever have 10 consecutive attempts to enter a correct password before your iPhone auto-wipes.
If you ever change your mind about this feature, you can just go straight back into the Settings app and turn it off.
The SunThe setting that you want to look for is called Erase Data[/caption]
1 week agoLatest NewsComments Off on Family of Limerick hit-&-run victim ‘disgusted’ at criminal’s sentence as sister cries ‘our suffering will never end’
THE family of student hit-and-run victim Joe Drennan said they were “disgusted” by his killer’s sentence of six and a half years after a judge said it would run concurrent to another sentence imposed on the driver for firing an automatic firearm in a separate incident.
Limerick gangland criminal Kieran Fogarty was jailed for eight years for firing the illegal automatic firearm at the front of a house where children played in Limerick City in April 2023.
Collect through journalistLimerick gangland criminal Kieran Fogarty crashed into and killed Joe Drennan[/caption]
Drennan, 21, was a University of Limerick journalism studentBrendan GleesonJoe’s family said they were ‘disgusted’ by his killer’s sentence[/caption]
Before fleeing the crash scene and failing to offer assistance to Mr Drennan or alert the emergency services, Fogarty attempted to wipe his forensic presence from the car, but forensic gardai matched his DNA on an airbag that deployed in the hit and run.
Fogarty received further concurrent sentences for engaging in violent disorder, possessing cocaine, MDMA and alprazolam drugs for sale or supply, and his guilty plea to threatening to kill Raymond Collins Jnr in April 2023 was taken into consideration by the judge.
In court, after the sentences were imposed, Tim Drennan, the father of Joe Drennan, asked Judge Daly: “Sorry, your honour, does that mean that this fella (Fogarty) will not serve a day (in jail) for killing my son?”
Earlier the judge had said the hit-and-run sentence would run in addition to the shooting sentence, but later the judge corrected this.
The judge, rising from his bench, did not respond to Mr Drennan’s query and retired to his private chambers.
Afterwards, speaking outside the court, Joe Drennan’s parents Tim and Marguerite Drennan said they were “disgusted” by the outcome.
In their eyes, they said, Fogarty “would not serve anything” for Joe’s death.
Holding a picture of their son in a keyring, Tim Drennan said Kieran Fogarty had left his son to “die like a dog on the street”.
He said he felt like Fogarty had got away without punishment for “killing my son”.
‘HE GOT A FREE RIDE’
Marguerite Drennan said Fogarty’s sentence for her son’s death was “absolutely unbelievable” and “really hard to take”.
Tim Drennan said: “He (Fogarty) did an awful lot of crime for a few years in jail, he got a free ride for killing Joe, he got nothing.
“He (Fogarty) got eight years for shooting into a wall, and he got six and half years for killing Joe, and he’s not going to be serving anything for Joe because the other one is a longer sentence.”
Paying tribute to her son, Marguerite Drennan said: “Joe was amazing, the bubble of our lives, he was just everything to us, he was the chief editor of the Limerick Voice (University of Limerick student newspaper), he worked for Gay Community News, he was the voice for the voiceless.”
‘DIED LIKE A DOG ON THE STREET’
Tim Drennan added: “That man (Fogarty) gave Joe no help after he crashed into him and killed him and left him lying under the car. At the end of the day, Joe was a unique individual, and he basically died like a dog on the street in Limerick when (Fogarty) left him there, and now today he gets nothing for it.”
Tim and Marguerite Drennan said they hoped that the Director of Public Prosecutions would appeal Fogarty’s sentence in respect of their son’s death, that it would be served consecutively or additionally to Fogarty’s sentence for the shooting.
The Drennans said they were also disappointed for the Gardai “who put in an awful lot of work” into the prosecution against Fogarty for their son’s death, “it’s a kick in the teeth for that”.
Tim and Marguerite said, in their opinion, they got “no justice” for their son.
‘NO SENSE TO IT’
They added: “Hopefully it will be appealed, they have 28 days to appeal it, the DPP has to make up its mind, we can’t say, but hopefully it will be appealed, it has to be appealed, because there is no sense to it.
Tim Drennan said: “He (Fogarty) won’t serve a day for Joe, he did all them other things first, so it was a free run for Joe. What people should understand is that, Joe was on his own at the bus stop, there could have been ten people at that bus stop, there could have been ten people dead, and would he (Fogarty) have got a concurrent sentence for (ten deaths)?”
Fogarty, 21, of Hyde Avenue, Ballinacurra Weston, Limerick, killed Joe Drennan while he was on bail, disqualified from driving for other driving offences and subject to five outstanding arrest warrants,
Moments before ploughing into Mr Drennan, from Mountrath, Co Laois, Fogarty was filming himself on a mobile phone and sharing the video on social media, while still driving his BMW 5 Series, while he outpaced a garda car at 122km/h in a 50km/h zone.
‘ALARMED’ AT SPEED
Fogarty broke a red light, stuck a car, lost control of the BMW and slammed into Mr Drennan, 21, who was waiting at a bus stop at Dublin Road, Castletroy, Limerick.
The garda who was driving the patrol car behind Fogarty was “alarmed” at his speed, but as they were travelling in a busy built-up residential area, the garda followed Fogarty from a safe distance and ultimately lost him in his sights prior to the collision.
Fogarty went on the run following the hit-and-run and communicated with family members and a criminal associate by text and voice messages.
Believing he had killed two people, Fogarty messaged an associate, telling him, “I’m after killing a 21-year old and a woman”.
‘DON’T KNOW HOW I WAS ABLE TO WALK OUT’
Despite his mother asking him to give himself up, Fogarty remained on the run until he was arrested by gardai a month later.
Fogarty had messaged his mother: “What do you want me to do, go up to the (Garda) Barracks and say I killed someone stone dead on the road and I don’t even think they know it was me.
“I got to to wipe the car down a small bit before I even got out of it (the car). Ye don’t realise that though do ye.”
A voice message Fogarty sent to a criminal associate which was played in court, stated: “I don’t know how I was able to walk out of that son, watch how bad the beamer (BMW) is in that, boy it’s wrapped around the pole and all.
‘OUT OF CONTROL’
“I spun about 10 times I’d say, I bounced off a wall and took that young fella with me at the bus stop cause his bus wasn’t there in time.”
A letter of apology written by Fogarty to Joe Drennan’s family read: “I was reckless and out of control, I did not realise I hit Mr Drennan, it was never my intention to hurt anyone on the night. I am truly sorry.”
Inspector Padraig Sutton, who led the investigation into the fatal hit and run, told the court that in his opinion, Fogarty’s apology had rung “hollow” given the evidence against him.
In her victim impact statement, Joe Drennan’s sister, Sarah Drennan, said her brother’s death had “left an unbearable emptiness” in her family.
‘RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE’
She said: “Joe was taken in a most violent, senseless way possible, in a moment of senseless, reckless disregard for human life.”
Fogarty’s own barrister, senior counsel, Mark Nicholas, said Fogarty’s driving on the night was “appalling, undeniably serious, reckless, dangerous, disgraceful and inexcusable”.
Fogarty, who had 46 previous convictions including 41 for road traffic offences including dangerous driving, pleaded guilty to all of the offences against him.
Speaking outside court on behalf of her family, Sarah added: “Our suffering will never end. Joe should be here. My brother didn’t deserve to die and this sentence is disgusting. We have been given a life sentence.”
Brendan GleesonSarah Drennan said: ‘Joe should be here. My brother didn’t deserve to die’[/caption]
She said that Joe’s death had ‘left an unbearable emptiness’ in her family
1 week agoLatest NewsComments Off on RTE Fair City viewers all say same thing as J.J. shocks Carrigstown favourites after manipulating them
RTE Fair City’s J.J shocked Carrigstown favourites after manipulating them.
Tonight, Pete worried that J.J. was crooked and they were tied to him now, so Paul arranged a meeting.
RTEPete backed out of the deal[/caption]
RTEJ.J revealed he knew what Pete and Paul were up to[/caption]
RTEPaul and Pete were shocked to discover J.J.’s motives[/caption]
Pete and Paul discovered J.J.’s true colours when he admitted to knowing the car was dodgy.
Desperate for cash, Paul was up for it when J.J. insisted they continue doing business together, but Pete was out.
Pete realised that J.J. played them from the beginning and was looking to use the garage to flog stolen vehicles.
Paul tried to convince a conflicted Pete that they were still in control regarding J.J.
Pete and Paul were shocked when J.J. made it clear that he was the one calling the shots in their arrangement.
RTE viewers al suspect J.J will manipulate Pete and Paul to commit more crimes.
Sinead tweeted: “JJ’s a nutter.”
One viewer remarked: “JJ will have these two stealing hubcaps off cars soon.”
Ger wrote: “JJ now has two stooges who would buy Easter eggs for Christmas if he asks them to.”
Pamela commented: “I’d say JJ will ‘convince’ these to money launder for him.”
Elsewhere, Nikki revelled in withholding info about Sash and Nina’s past from Gwen.
Kira was annoyed when Nikki interfered while she was consulting with Maxine.
Maxine encouraged Kira to wear a designer piece from the donations to an upcoming business meeting.
Gwen bluffed Nina into revealing some of the truth about her and Sash’s history.
GWEN AND SASH
Gwen shared her admiration for Sash after revealing she knew the truth about Nina.
Gwen and Sash shared a charged moment.
Sash tried to deny her growing feelings for Gwen.
Kira was oblivious when Emma clocked that she was wearing a suit she donated.
Meanwhile, previous tensions arose for Gar and Dearbhla as they clashed over family and their break-up in L.A.
FAIR BREAK
Jess asked Dearbhla for advice on how to handle Joan.
Jess’ half-day was scuppered by a demanding Joan.
Gar asked Fergal to lay off Dearbhla.
When Gar refused to be sucked into family drama, Fergal feared that they were losing him to Dearbhla.
Dearbhla apologised to Jess for painting Joan so negatively, but Jess found no comfort.
Gar and Dearbhla continued to butt heads over family, and they decided to end things.
Fergal was delighted when Gar chose his family over Dearbhla.
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