hydrashok
@hydrashok@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 5 hours ago:
I realize you are making a joke, and I agree that purchase is always better than subscription. Everyone in this situation owns their device.
But that doesn’t mean an easy to activate security bypass should be made available to everyone with no guardrails, either, should it?
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 6 hours ago:
It will likely have that effect on some, yes. It will also prevent it from being enabled without knowing the full scope of your ask. But that’s kind of the point— it’s a big deal, and the user should be informed. Not everyone is capable of understanding these decisions immediately and accurately assessing risk.
At some point, there is always, always a compromise between user experience and security, and not everyone is going to like it. But in this instance, I think the benefits of having this process and cool-down period to make the risks known far outweigh the need for immediate gratification by the minority of users that will enable and use this feature.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 6 hours ago:
Hyperbole much?
This is a basic balance between the needs of the few, and the security of the many. The benefits of a one day speed bump are far more beneficial for the billions of Android users in the world, and offer no meaningful negatives to those that wish to enable this feature beyond that delay.
I realize that many people here are in or adjacent to IT work, and so are more passionate about these sorts of topics and are well versed in the risks, but in my opinion, allowing a simple, immediate way to bypass all security checks and install whatever you want immediately is a pretty big security hole, even if it is self-created. It makes sense to put those roadblocks up to protect the 99.9% that will never use this feature, as well as those that may activate it not understanding the risk. You may be comfortable with it, and that’s great, but that doesn’t mean every Android should. This is why prompts asking about coercion and not your IT prowess.
Finally. your example is poor. Google is not breaking into your phone and hurting you in way. If anything, it’s like a real estate agent that’s not giving you the keys until the bank opens so your check can clear. It’s a process issue, nothing more.
Your ability to use your device, as you see fit, installing anything you want, is entirely possible with a single one-day delay. As I said, I don’t think it is an unreasonable ask, nor the enormous inconvenience you make it out to be.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 7 hours ago:
And they’re not. Load all the unsigned stuff you want after you wait one day. Again, I don’t see how this is a huge burden to ask.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 7 hours ago:
While I understand your sentiment, with all due respect, they are giving you the control with this process. You’re only mad you have to wait one day one time before you can do it.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 9 hours ago:
I think it is a reasonable compromise. They could have made it a day wait for any and every time you wanted to side load like this. It prevents accidental or malicious activation, while also giving you the feature you want with the smallest of roadblocks as confirmation you want it.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Fluent in English; A1 in Spanish, although I do better hearing it than speaking; and then B1 in German, which is what I’m currently learning.
- Comment on What games are you picking up March 19th? 2 days ago:
Nothing specifically I’m looking for, but if the price is right I might pull the trigger on a few of my wishlist items, and then probably browse the store to add other things to it. I’ve got a ridiculous backlog of games, so there’s not a lot of motivation to pick up new stuff, but the sales tend to highlight stuff I wouldn’t normally search out or encounter randomly on the store, so I enjoy that aspect. Found a lot of very entertaining games that way.
- Comment on BAAAAAABY SHARK DO-DO-DO-DO-DO-DO 3 days ago:
While I agree that YouTube should be monitored, you’re making the same comment as someone in the 80s talking about cartoons on TV.
- Comment on BAAAAAABY SHARK DO-DO-DO-DO-DO-DO 3 days ago:
Your sister sucks, therefore YouTube is bad?
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 1 week ago:
The biggest thing you can do is just never connect it to the internet. I even block the MAC addresses so ever if someone tried to connect it, it won’t. Then use an external box like a Roku, PC, or AppleTV to connect to your content.
And, if any TV requires an internet connection to set it up, immediately return it.
- Comment on My glasses 1 week ago:
- Comment on Oracle Layoffs: Tech giant to slash 30,000 jobs as banks pull out from financing AI data centres | Company Business News 1 week ago:
Pop that bubble, baby!
- Comment on Is £70 becoming harder to justify? The rise of cheaper blockbuster games 3 weeks ago:
Only game I’m immediately paying full price for is HL3. Everything else gets added to a Steam wishlist, where it sits until the price drops enough. For example, the oldest game addition on my wishlist was added in July 2012.
I don’t buy anything that costs more than $5. Spending more than $10 is exceedingly rare. If that game never drops that far, so be it. I’ve got plenty of other games to play or revisit in the meantime.
- Comment on What television series in your opinion had very good writing and character depth? 4 weeks ago:
Mister Roger’s Neighborhood Twin Peaks Frasier Futurama The Wire NCIS S1 to like S5 Fringe Peaky Blinders Orphan Black
- Comment on What television series in your opinion had very good writing and character depth? 4 weeks ago:
+1 for Good Place. That show is phenomenal.
- Comment on I wish I could do executive orders 🤔 4 weeks ago:
Everyone knows vi is the one true editor, you heathen! (/s; I like nano anyway…)
- Comment on Yes, thank you. That is the furniture I was looking for. 4 weeks ago:
I don’t, either, but it’s in the screenshot for the guillotine entry in the screenshot. Trying to be funny. Although it is kinda because I love death metal and that does plausibly sound like a band name in that genre.
- Comment on I wish I could do executive orders 🤔 4 weeks ago:
I keep telling my InfoSec department if no one can sign into their computer, it’s the most secured environment they’ll ever have, but for some reason they don’t think it is as funny as I do.
- Comment on Yes, thank you. That is the furniture I was looking for. 4 weeks ago:
You guys don’t follow Cancer Christ?!
- Comment on How long and how hard would it be to get a star removed on The Hollywood Walk of Fame? Asking for a friend. 4 weeks ago:
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.
It’s the only way to be sure.
- Comment on We live in the future! 4 weeks ago:
I don’t disagree that the taxi industry needed a good shaking, and Uber/Lyft have brought a lot of convenience and features to the party compared to a traditional taxi service, but that doesn’t automatically make Uber the good guys in the equation.
- Comment on YSK that if you hesitate between Ketchup and Mustard, you should pick Mustard. It's healthier. 4 weeks ago:
Tomatoes are a fruit!
Triple checkmate, no erasies!
<3
- Comment on Taste the flavor 5 weeks ago:
Plant: develops high amounts of capsaicin to ward off predators
Humans: ooh, this would be great with chicken!
Plant: am I a joke to you?
- Comment on Swayze 1 month ago:
Except he is the ghost now. Dude went full method.
- Comment on You can't legally drink and drive, but you have to present your driver's license to prove you're old enough to drink. 1 month ago:
You have to show ID. It doesn’t have to be a driver’s license. Many states, mine included, issue cards that are solely for identification and that’s it.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
It is funny how 40 in the fall sees most folks bundling up with everything they have, and 40 the spring is shorts and sandals weather.
I don’t stop wearing shorts until it’s about 0F out or the wind is insane. Not to like shovel the driveway or anything being out for extended periods, but going out shopping or whatever is fine. Today was 0 with a -20 windchill and I went out in shorts, a sweatshirt, and a baseball cap.
- Comment on How does one fight the atomization of society, as Marx foretold years ago? 1 month ago:
Silly OP, we’re all groups of atoms already!
- Comment on Why do I push people away if I'm so lonely? 1 month ago:
I would recommend starting by joining a group around a topic you’re interested in. Local climbing club or anime group or sports enthusiasts or gaming clan or whatever. Something in person. Use that group to practice social skills and learn body cues with topics you’re already familiar and confident with, and that in turn will help you branch out to other topics when you’re ready with the same level of communication.
It is a learned skill, and it takes time, but if you never take the time to learn it, then it will always feel foreign to you. Does that make sense? Like so many things in life, you have to get past the fear to get to the reward. That can be difficult, and you might get hurt when you put yourself out there, but I believe if you keep with it, and you’re determined to make a change, you can absolutely overcome anything and find a social group that complements you.
Good luck, friend. You can do it. We believe in you.
- Comment on Telly has only delivered 35,000 of its free televisions with always-on ads 1 month ago:
Surprised it’s that high of a number.
