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Given that the device is plugged in, trusted, shows up as a computer, and requires external power, it has all the connections it needs spy on the screen (at minimum) and remote control the victim iPhone without permission in the worst case. (it has video feed, and can emulate USB keyboard and mouse) Yikes!
First party malware is the worst.
It's odd that 404 Media chose a .co (Colombia) TLD.
Not really, lots of companies use .co instead of .com because there's different availability. It's been a second tier alternative to .com for years.
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Not really, lots of companies use .co instead of .com because there's different availability. It's been a second tier alternative to .com for years.
Technically, it's still the ccTLD for Colombia, even though anyone can register a .co domain, similar to .io (for British Indian Ocean Territory). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.co
The saluspa from "bestway" demands your location before allowing you to setup wifi remote control of the portable hot tub on the android app. I wonder how on android I can spoof the location used by an app, or if anyone figured out if you can control it without the app. I set it up away from my house and use a separate wifi network but it pissed me off.
I tried to use Fanduel last night to place some bets for my friend in prison. It requires your location. You have to install some horrible app that installs a Windows Service and has no UI. It still won't work. After a lot of digging around, I discovered you cannot use Fanduel if you have a wired device. The app _requires_ you to connect to your router by Wifi or it will not work. WTF.
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This is not the gotcha you think it is. Imagine how awful the apps we would be forced to sideload would be, if companies like the one that made this dongle were allowed to make them.
Ah yes, the many apps poor Android users are forced to sideload. As an Android user myself, so far I'm up to...zero?
It's odd that 404 Media chose a .co (Colombia) TLD.
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Not really, lots of companies use .co instead of .com because there's different availability. It's been a second tier alternative to .com for years.
Technically, it's still the ccTLD for Colombia, even though anyone can register a .co domain, similar to .io (for British Indian Ocean Territory). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.co
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Android apps used to need "location" access for bluetooth discovery. https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/05/19/android-12-apps-won...
Because your location can be inferred by finding which Bluetooth devices are around you, as that article says... > See, back in Android 6 Marshmallow, Google changed things so that apps needed location permissions to scan for Bluetooth devices. At the time, the rationale was that Bluetooth was going to be used for things like interior navigation or location tracking in a more abstract sense, and your location could i…
You could "pair" apps with devices if Bluetooth position spyware was a concern.
The saluspa from "bestway" demands your location before allowing you to setup wifi remote control of the portable hot tub on the android app. I wonder how on android I can spoof the location used by an app, or if anyone figured out if you can control it without the app. I set it up away from my house and use a separate wifi network but it pissed me off.
The 4 outlet water timer I bought came with bluetooth remote functionality. It needs GPS location data for it to work. Nope. Should have known some shit like that would be part of the deal, and could have saved a few bucks by getting the version without remote. People need to just stop with this tracking bullshit.
It still shouldn’t require it though. At least on iOS, requiring it should get them banned from the app store.
I want side loading to exist for iOS, but I also want bans like the above to apply at my discretion to anything I pay money for.