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Personal website:
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Yeah but my boss told me I should use the magic API because it’s a panacea and will solve all of our problems.
Or you just have some money to buy the data from a data broker that phone company sell your data to already.
I don’t think this would be technically useful to prevent exploitation of location data. The handset always has to identify to a tower using the SIM card, which is going to identify the phone and its user. Your cellular service provider can still sell this information to data brokers.
With that said, I would love the option to lie about my location to apps that have no business knowing it.
I was just traveling in the UK and I had this discussion more than once having to explain why our options are always terrible and ignoring issues voters want addressed.
God I hate data brokers. Rats! All of them, vermin contributing nothing of value to society.
I don’t recommend going that direction. I think you’ll get better results with Proton and Proton-based solutions like Lutris and family.
Microsoft has definitely not been a great tenant on dual boot systems over the past year. Usually you get the occasional MBR overwrite, but it’s been pretty bad. Windows has been assuming it’s the only OS.
Yep. I’ve set up Windows a few times recently, and they don’t give even the slightest consideration for your settings. Few days later, they changed right back.
They will be configured to benefit Microsoft first. Maybe not immediately. But it sounds like a losing game.
I totally understand the point and I’m not trying to undermine, but I’m curious is this close to the actual ratio for 79%?
Ah, like how my employer is held hostage by VMware because they’ve come to depend on their specific software and are now getting fleeced to the max.
Business eat business world.
I believe we already have this to some extent in the States via the SafeLink programs.
IEEE is overriding its scientific referees and flat-out refusing to accept public-domain papers.
Wow. That’s such scummy behavior. I’m disappointed to see it from such an upstanding standards organization.
In his messages to the student, the IEEE Intellectual Property Rights Manager had explained IEEE's alleged need for being ``the owner of the work'' as follows: ``We can put it into the Xplore database and license it to others as one of our ongoing electronic distribution of IEEE publications.''
IEEE's action is a blatant attempt to maintain control over papers that would otherwise have been freely available to the public.
As a visitor just leaving the UK now after two weeks…
I didn’t get the joke! I had to look it up. I was in London and it definitely looked like it could be the bridge.
It’s fascinating. In my lifetime I went from only servers to the cloud is always cheaper to the cloud really depends if it makes financial sense for your application.
I remember someone telling me the cloud is practically free ten years ago.
This game is so good (IMO) it’s still worth full price.
I really like this as a modern compromise to get a good size screen with a small phone body. I’m giving a serious look for my next phone.
I mean, isn’t it really good though? Shouldn’t they charge more for a superior product?
I feel you. I installed dual boot and basically just never bothered to boot Windows again because the stuff I need works.
Factory reset protection is getting several key upgrades in Android 15 to make it harder to bypass.
This article goes into more detail about how these new measures will actually work compared to the blog post earlier this year from Google. Namely:
- Enabling the OEM unlocking setting will no longer prevent FRP from activating.
- Bypassing the setup wizard will no longer deactivate FRP. FRP restrictions will apply until you verify ownership of the device by signing in.
- Adding a new Google account is blocked.
- Setting a lock screen PIN or password is blocked.
- Installing new apps is blocked.
Android 15 has been refactored to support using 16 KB page sizes, and file systems like EROFS and F2FS have been made compatible.
> In this post, we’ve discussed the technical details of how we are restructuring memory in Android to get faster, more performant devices. Android 15 and AOSP work with 16 KB pages, and devices can now implement 16 KB pages as a development option.
As Seen From Above
#3417678 - safe, artist:pabbley, twilight sparkle, pony, g4, black and white, cute, female, grayscale, high angle, looking at you, looking up, looking up at you, mare, missing cutie mark, monochrome, simple background, solo, twiabetes, white background - Derpibooru
I wish for servers at restaurants to always bring my tea or water with lemon already included, without me having to ask for it separately.
Save a few words. Make life easier. How can this possibly go wrong?
Derpy Works at McDonald's
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We’re likely just a couple of weeks away from the launch of Android 15, at least if we’re assuming new...
Article refrains from drawing conclusions, instead presenting the data. Android is doing better at moving users to newer versions, but the overwhelming majority of users don't have the current Android OS version nor the previous version, combined.
Google is working on satellite connectivity for Pixel devices through the Pixel Satellite SOS feature, and it could be free for only a while.
Bullet points stolen from the linked article:
- Code suggests the satellite connectivity feature on Pixel devices could be called “Pixel Satellite SOS.”
- We’ve also found a clue suggesting that the feature will be offered for free for two years, which would match Apple’s current offer on the iPhone 14 and 15 series.
Cellebrite's Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) is widely used by law enforcement agencies to unlock phones and extract their data. A recent report claims the company's technology...
I want to share this post because I was disappointed to see this popular smartphone cracking tool works very well across Android versions and devices while iPhone enjoys relative security.
The graphic also shows premium devices specifically are vulnerable to their tools, so one cannot argue that the problem is funding or cheap devices getting owned because of dumb changes by the vendor -- premium devices fare not much better. Even Google controlling the hardware and the software of their Pixel line remains vulnerable to data extraction while the latest iPhone versions aren’t.
To me, this sounds like the state of Android physical security might be inferior. Why? What can be done to fix this? Perhaps is it because Android is more popular globally so they get more work targeting Android?
It could also be coincidental that at the time the documents leaked, the iPhone stuff was being finished up and there is actually not that much difference if you have an attacker who has lots of time and money.
EDIT: Removed wrong information. EDIT: Added more material for discussion.
Pony on Fediverse Canvas 2024
So much pony on the canvas! Where are all you guys and gals coming from? MLP has always seemed fairly quiet on the fediverse, but the proof is in the pudding, apparently!
It warms my old, nerdy heart.
Google has committed to a 4 year support lifetime for its Linux forks, starting with 6.6. This is longer than the 2-years for LTS kernels.
> After Linux reduced LTS releases from 6 years to 2, Google has committed to supporting its forks for 4 years.
Hurt Feelings
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A new leak says the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 could launch with frame interpolation which essentially increases FPS by inserting frames. Furthermore, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 could get it via a future update.
AI-generated Summary:
A new leak suggests the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, featuring an Adreno 830 GPU, will support frame interpolation, allowing games like Genshin Impact to run at 1080p 120 FPS. Frame interpolation, similar to Nvidia's DLSS and AMD's FSR, increases framerates by adding artificial frames but can cause input lag and visual artifacts. This feature might also be available on older Snapdragon models via firmware updates, potentially enabling AAA PC/console games on Android.
My take:
Fascinating that this feature could be supported on mobile, but I'm personally not convinced that there are many mobile gamers pushing the hardware. Most mobile gamers are very casual, and even Apple has trouble getting consumers to take AAA games on mobile seriously.
Google Earth Very Slow in Firefox
Google Earth is almost not usable in Firefox. I’d like to ask for suggestions from the community because I really don’t want to use Google Chrome where it works great. I’m on Linux Mint, an Ubuntu derivative.
When lockdown mode is enabled in Android 15, USB data access will be disabled, preventing potential "juice jacking" attacks.
Points taken from article:
- Android 15 is adding a built-in mechanism to protect your device from “juice jacking” attacks.
- Charging will be allowed when lockdown mode is enabled in Android 15, but USB data access will not.
- Juice jacking is a largely theoretical problem you don’t really need to worry about, but it’s still nice that Android will protect you against it.
Homeowners Block My Local Passenger Rail
I’m not sure if an opinion piece is appropriate here, so please let me know if this doesn’t fit the theme of the community, and I’ll avoid sharing such thoughts in the future.
I’m extremely frustrated with the car centric culture in my area. I live about 25 miles west of a quarry. Every day I watch trains go up and down the railroad mostly carrying gravel. This railroad stretches for several hours by car in each direction, connecting several large cities and even passing a few tourist attractions, and despite our traffic congestion problems there is little interest in trying to use this rail for actual people.
One company moved in and started running a new passenger rail service. Within a few weeks, we had protesters at the railroads complaining that drivers don’t understand railroad crossings. I saw posters about how trains were killing residents when drivers park on the tracks and get hit. I don’t understand! Where do you think the train is going to go? They don’t exactly come out of nowhere. They follow the tracks! And we’ve always had trains passing through our town before. At a later local election a candidate ran on the premise that they’re going to protect home values and our children by reducing or eliminating the number of trains passing through our town. This candidate did win our local election and sadly they succeeded in cutting down on rail investment.
Fast-forward a couple years later. Passenger rail stations were built at the endpoints of this rail to ferry tourists. I drive parallel to this rail on the way to work several times per week for almost 45 minutes each way, 20 minutes of which is heavy traffic. I get to enjoy watching people ride the train while there’s no stop anywhere near my house because our local government has sided with homeowners that a passenger rail station is “simply too dangerous.” I would have to drive over an hour to the nearest passenger rail station to ride the train, and I can literally see the tracks from my apartment.
Every time I see that train I feel bitter. I could save so much money if these boneheads would have let them build a train station in our town. Absolutely ridiculous! The train is there. The rail is there. I don’t understand why a train is such a personal, existential threat to your way of life.
Expedition Thirteen: Adrift
Hello Everyone! A lot has changed in the years since No Man’s Sky released. There’s so much we love about the game now, but there was something unique at release in how alone you felt in the universe. Going further back I have great memories of early unreleased versions of No Man’s Sky where there.....
Surprised nobody has posted about the new expedition. I learned about the last one from Lemmy, so I'm returning the favor in case someone else learns about it from me.
Six weeks remaining!
Read receipts, typing indicators, and more.
AI Summary:
Google Messages will support texting 911 via RCS starting this winter, offering features like location sharing and read receipts. This upgrade improves emergency texting which is already supported by over half of US dispatch centers. Google collaborates with RapidSOS for enhanced responder info. This announcement precedes Apple's expected RCS support in iOS 18, aiming to broaden RCS adoption.
Stolen Oats
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