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Cracked It, a social enterprise that repairs phones

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Re: Cracked It, a social enterprise that repairs phones

#11

Post by TrainedMonkey »

Johnny555 wrote: post #7
hirundo wrote: post #5

> A society where no young person feels that crime is their only option. This crime can become violent. Knife crime offences resulting in injury have increased by 22% in the last year, and 85% of violent offenders are aged between 16 and 29 I think they're saying that their workforce will include such violent offenders. Good for them. Probably most of these people need another chance and are worthy of it. But I can't…

I don't think I'd be comfortable even giving them my phone unless I can wipe it first.

Turning off a modern phone should make it virtually impregnable to non-state actors. Do you have specific evidence that points otherwise?

Re: Cracked It, a social enterprise that repairs phones

#12

Post by Johnny555 »

TrainedMonkey wrote: post #11
Johnny555 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think I'd be comfortable even giving them my phone unless I can wipe it first.

Turning off a modern phone should make it virtually impregnable to non-state actors. Do you have specific evidence that points otherwise?

It's not clear why I have to provide evidence that my phone has any vulnerabilities to justify being my being uncomfortable handing it to a stranger with a known criminal past. Security comes in layers and one of those layers is physical security.

Re: Cracked It, a social enterprise that repairs phones

#13

Post by ezequiel-garzon »

snazz wrote: post #6
advisedwang wrote: post #4

The domain looks like "crack edit"

Another victim of the expertsexchange problem. It's unfortunate because hyphens really should be avoided in URLs. For the last couple of domain names I've registered, I made sure to put the potential names into the "Detect language" box in Google Translate to make sure they weren't inappropriate words in another language, in addition to reading them upside down and backwards for other English interpretations. Naming…

It's unfortunate because hyphens really should be avoided in URLs.

Why? Due to SEO penalization?

Re: Cracked It, a social enterprise that repairs phones

#15

Post by anonytrary »

snazz wrote: post #6
advisedwang wrote: post #4

The domain looks like "crack edit"

Another victim of the expertsexchange problem. It's unfortunate because hyphens really should be avoided in URLs. For the last couple of domain names I've registered, I made sure to put the potential names into the "Detect language" box in Google Translate to make sure they weren't inappropriate words in another language, in addition to reading them upside down and backwards for other English interpretations. Naming…

I noticed this too. I think naming things is only hard because people try for days to think of meaningful names when in reality the meaning and brand recognition from a name is carried entirely by the product. Every notable famous company has a really cool name. Only some lesser known companies have really cool names. Once a company gets famous, it effectively makes the name really cool.

That's my theory anyway, I bet you all are clever and can think of counterexamples.

Re: Cracked It, a social enterprise that repairs phones

#17

Post by throwaway888abc »

TrainedMonkey wrote: post #11
Johnny555 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think I'd be comfortable even giving them my phone unless I can wipe it first.

Turning off a modern phone should make it virtually impregnable to non-state actors. Do you have specific evidence that points otherwise?

How about swap of parts / chips / batteries ? Damaged vs new vs be-broken-soon ?

Same people make very good living of it. Customer retention and profit^2. Poor those non geeks souls.

Re: Cracked It, a social enterprise that repairs phones

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Post by mosselman »

anonytrary wrote: post #14

Looks like we've got ourselves another Experts Exchange (see the domain name).

Crack edit? Is this a term I should be familiar with? To be clear: I know ‘crack’ is a drug, I am asking if ‘crack’ in combination with ‘edit’ is something funny.

Re: Cracked It, a social enterprise that repairs phones

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Post by ddrt »

hirundo wrote: post #5

> A society where no young person feels that crime is their only option. This crime can become violent. Knife crime offences resulting in injury have increased by 22% in the last year, and 85% of violent offenders are aged between 16 and 29 I think they're saying that their workforce will include such violent offenders. Good for them. Probably most of these people need another chance and are worthy of it. But I can't…

Jesus, your father died and you sold a house all in the same year? My condolences.

Re: Cracked It, a social enterprise that repairs phones

#20

Post by redis_mlc »

ezequiel-garzon wrote: post #13
snazz wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another victim of the expertsexchange problem. It's unfortunate because hyphens really should be avoided in URLs. For the last couple of domain names I've registered, I made sure to put the potential names into the "Detect language" box in Google Translate to make sure they weren't inappropriate words in another language, in addition to reading them upside down and backwards for other English interpretations. Naming…

It's unfortunate because hyphens really should be avoided in URLs. Why? Due to SEO penalization?

The old reason was because in radio ads, saying the domain with the dash was confusing.

A friend of mine just registered a domain name with a made-up spelling of regular words kind of like "leet-speak". The two of us are the only ones who can type it from memory, which is not good.

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