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Google Pixel pwned in 60 seconds

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Re: Google Pixel pwned in 60 seconds

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Post by mrlatinos »

As great it is that these exploits are being discovered by the right people, I always cringe at how douchey these competitions are and how journalists use it as an opportunity to undermine companies they don't like for whatever reason.

Re: Google Pixel pwned in 60 seconds

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Post by seanp2k2 »

pgodzin wrote: post #7

So they spend weeks developing the exploits and when they present it the headline is that it took 4 or 60 seconds? They even used the phrase "breached Adobe Flash with a flick of the finger" as if anyone could hack it with a finger gesture.

Yeah, it's pretty disingenuous reporting / [intentional] misunderstanding to sensationalize headlines. I'm sure many dozens of hours of work went into each of these, more likely hundreds. It only impresses people with no familiarity with this type of thing.

Re: Google Pixel pwned in 60 seconds

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Post by seanp2k2 »

Theodores wrote: post #11

...this had me concerned for a minute, then I read the article and realised that 'Pixel' now means a phone and not a Chromebook. Panic over!

Yeah, it makes no sense to me for Google to throw away their Nexus brand and all the good will they built up behind it. If the Pixel (phone) was really made by Google, it might make a bit of sense to keep the Pixel branding in the sense that it's manufactured by Google vs Nexus where it's not. But the pixel phone is made by HTC, just like the Nexus phones. To add to the confusion, they already had the Chromebook Pixel (small laptop), the Pixel C (tablet), and now the Google Pixel (phone). I half expect their next device to be the Pixel Potato, given their numbering sequence.

Re: Google Pixel pwned in 60 seconds

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Post by kijin »

seanp2k2 wrote: post #16
Theodores wrote: post #11

...this had me concerned for a minute, then I read the article and realised that 'Pixel' now means a phone and not a Chromebook. Panic over!

Yeah, it makes no sense to me for Google to throw away their Nexus brand and all the good will they built up behind it. If the Pixel (phone) was really made by Google, it might make a bit of sense to keep the Pixel branding in the sense that it's manufactured by Google vs Nexus where it's not. But the pixel phone is made by HTC, just like the Nexus phones. To add to the confusion, they already had the Chromebook Pixe…

Nexus kinda ran out of numbers, since they already used 7 for the tablet.

Google experimented for a while with weird model numbers like 5X and 6P, but seems to have decided against continuing it. It's the version wars all over again. Who wants to be stuck at 5 and 6 when Apple is at 7, Samsung will soon return with an 8, and Microsoft already played the "we'll skip ahead to 10" card?

Re: Google Pixel pwned in 60 seconds

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Post by paulryanrogers »

kijin wrote: post #17
seanp2k2 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, it makes no sense to me for Google to throw away their Nexus brand and all the good will they built up behind it. If the Pixel (phone) was really made by Google, it might make a bit of sense to keep the Pixel branding in the sense that it's manufactured by Google vs Nexus where it's not. But the pixel phone is made by HTC, just like the Nexus phones. To add to the confusion, they already had the Chromebook Pixe…

Nexus kinda ran out of numbers, since they already used 7 for the tablet. Google experimented for a while with weird model numbers like 5X and 6P, but seems to have decided against continuing it. It's the version wars all over again. Who wants to be stuck at 5 and 6 when Apple is at 7, Samsung will soon return with an 8, and Microsoft already played the "we'll skip ahead to 10" card?

Where is SemVer for hardware models?
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