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> That said, while the Tribune and Penumbra both used off-the-shelf phones, the FCC largely tested phones supplied by the manufacturers, including Apple. This
by mfer 7y ago
> That said, while the Tribune and Penumbra both used off-the-shelf phones, the FCC largely tested phones supplied by the manufacturers, including Apple.
This speaks to a method that can be used to game the system. What prevents manufacturers from providing phones that are somehow different from the off the shelf versions? I'm not suggesting that's happening here. Just that the testing process is easily hacked.
- 1123581321 7y agoThe manufacturer needs the phone certified in advance of shelf stocking. There is nothing stopping the FCC from confirming their test results with retail units. Plus, the risk from cheating is enormous. It’s a lot easier in the long run to just design properly working phones.
- preinheimer 7y agoIt didn't turn out to be easier to design a clean burning diesel.
- toast0 7y agoVW (and others, historically) didn't make special vehicles to pass the test; all of their vehicles would be expected to pass the test as administered on a dynamometer and fail the test if administered on a road. Designing to the test is different than carefully selecting (or altering) a sample that passes the test.
- ngcc_hk 7y agoThere is a German example.
- hurricanetc 7y agoNot quite the same. VW wasn’t making special vehicles just for testing. It was software on every vehicle designed to trick a dyno. I guess it could be theoretically possible for Apple to software cheat the FCC but it really does seem easier to just make a phone that meets the specifications.
- topspin 7y ago> What prevents manufacturers from providing phones that are somehow different from the off the shelf versions? Nothing, I imagine. The only certain foil for this is random sampling of retail products. No reliance on manufacturer probity required. Post VW dieselgate the need for this is self evident. At least to anyone that isn't a lawyer in a government bureaucracy.