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Google’s operating system manages access to your personal information. But what happens when apps refuse to play by the rules? Beyond the regular, expected Google tracking you, that is
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Who steals my location data steals trash.
The fact that companies can become the biggest companies in the world just by conning other companies to buy this essentially useless data never ceases to amaze me -- and I'm pleased to see that many suckers companies are beginning to realise that the extremely meagre benefits attained from buying this data are far outweighed by the costs involved in purchasing and processing it.
Mind you, it wouldn't surprise me if government offices were among their biggest customers.
"We don't give your data to the government or the police" != "We don't sell your data to anyone who'll pay".
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Why bother with sneaky? Who has a gmail account and searches through Google using Chrome?
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That only works for Google (who isn't doing the stuff being called out here and who plan to close these holes in the next version of Android), not SleazyThirdPartyAdvertiscum.com.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Quote: Egelman concluded his talk by saying Google paid his team a bug bounty for disclosing these vulnerabilities and promised fixes for them in the upcoming Android Q release. He called that not good enough, saying “The vast majority of Android users have older devices and won’t be getting over-the-air updates that patch this vulnerability.”
I'm not quite sure what this idiot wants Google to do instead; other than putting out a patch in a future version there's not much they can do. They are incrementally redesigning the OS to increase the amount of things that can be patched without having to go through OEMs/Carriers; but again these changes can only be done in new OS releases.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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There's so much great performance-related stuff happening in the .NET world right now. Span? Why not a div?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Span? Why not a div? Because span more often has class.
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I'm glad someone got the joke on that one - I was worried it only worked between my ears.
TTFN - Kent
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Because span is more in-line with what we do.
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HTML puns now. Is this how far we've sunk
TTFN - Kent
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It’s a new world...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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If (JavascriptGags.Start)
{
FindADifferentLineOfWork
} Although I must admit that I have been known to gag while looking at Javascript implentations.
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The U.K.’s antitrust watchdog today opened an investigation to probe Facebook Inc. and Google LLC’s dominance of the digital ad market and also weigh potential regulatory restrictions on the companies. And you know how fast that government does things
We could have a decision...
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real soon now
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Still, it's another sign that the gravy train is coming to a halt.
But I'm sure they they'll bribe and bully as much as they can (which is a lot) to keep it rolling as long as possible.
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Microsoft corporate vice president Julia Liuson expects shortages of worldwide software development engineers to expand to one million in the next five years as the business opportunity of AIoT will shoot up. I thought we were supposed to become obsolete with the AIs replacing us?
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I'm just waiting for some cretin interested party to use the word "irrigate" in this context.
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Eespecially with global warming and climate change all the shortage is bound to continue......
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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The research suggests being disinterested in one chore at work might lead you to look for novelty in the next. For some personalities, that leads to enhanced creativity. Mission accomplished
Slow news day for some unknown reason.
Tanks.
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So if you sleep enough, you've got energy to do things.
Got it.
I feel a "Duh!" coming on.
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Imagine slow-motion fireworks that started exploding 170 years ago and are still continuing. You call that fireworks? Nah, mate. This is fireworks.
With Chris' accent.
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Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky have discovered a new type of ransomware, and this one seems to be more dangerous than any of its predecessors for one key reason. Why don't these ransomware devs work on something important - like icons
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Quote: all [you] need to do is find a vulnerable server and send a command to download a malicious file called “radm.exe.” <Doctor>
Well, don't do that, then.</Doctor>
The strikingly obvious is often strikingly obvious.
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I expected the punchline to be, "it's coming from the upstairs!"
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Microsoft's hostility to Linux has softened dramatically in recent years, but the scars from the war against Linux are still visible today. It's actually a nagging cough that sometimes keeps you awake at night
Or maybe some sort of fungus (that grows on you)? Medical diagnosis and analogies really isn't my thing.
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