And yet, we can't have side loaded apps because somehow that would make the App Store worse. Phooey!
You notice that as bad as this cord is, it can’t do anything privacy invasive without asking permission?
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#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can a rogue displayport peripheral present as a storage device, keyboard, etc?
Answer is "it depends". USB-C always has a usb2 channel available, then 4 lanes that can be display port or thunderbolt or usb2/3 or whatever else. This is why most android phones have options for USB including "charge only".
Right but a normal DisplayPort or Mini DisplayPort connector doesn’t have USB…
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
The cyberdemon really ties the room together.
dont forget to click here
(spoiler: clicking it plays https://www.404media.co/assets/audio/error.mp3?v=ae29046532 )
ughh i heard this before and feel like it's on the tip of my tongue but.. i can't remember where it's from??
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
dont forget to click here
(spoiler: clicking it plays https://www.404media.co/assets/audio/error.mp3?v=ae29046532 ) ughh i heard this before and feel like it's on the tip of my tongue but.. i can't remember where it's from??
Music from the hit 1993 video game Doom. The first level's theme.
In case you weren't joking. It was quite the popular game.
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#115I always wondered how Amazon gets away with listing "Apple lightning cables" (and all the other scam/junkware they list) that are not made or sold by Apple.
Its like they abandoned any respect for trademarks and parents and got away with it.
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The other poster already explained the old permission. There's also a new permission specifically for Bluetooth LE now as well for newer devices so location shouldn't be needed.
However, scanning and connecting to Wi-Fi IoT devices still requires it.
No it doesn't, there's a whole API for last few years where app can connect to its own IoT device without getting location or full scanning grant.
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#118The irony that I got two popups on this site.
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Ah yes, the many apps poor Android users are forced to sideload. As an Android user myself, so far I'm up to...zero?
You are correct in lampooning the word "force" but don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. The point is still valid. Also, it seems obvious that the danger is in long-term ecosystem implications. "I haven't had to so far" is irrelevant. Android users had/have(?) to side-load Fortnite. Depending on who you are that might feel like being "forced." Is your argument "If you feel like you are forced to use some app y…
The reason for making Fornite sideloaded is informative. It's not because they wanted to get around any of the supposed user protections of App Stores; it's because the App Store was leaching too much money.
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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.
Maybe it's for compliance reasons? in other words they really want to know you're in a jurisdiction that allows gambling, and not using a VPN or whatever.
That's exactly what it's for, but historically these sites would just do an IP check at the server, not install some horrible malware on your PC and then tell you an ethernet connection is evil.