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If only old hardware/phones could get OS security updates by any mechanism. I have a growing drawer of old hardware that is perfectly functional but no longer updateable.
There needs to be a law that states that once a company stops supporting s device they must release the keys to allow users to modify their devices themselves.
identified October 2018 fixed August 2020 Good job Twitter https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-10-01
So Twitter is to blame for not coding a mitigation for vulnerable devices? Or is it the phone manufacturer's fault for not releasing security patches for their phones?
If only old hardware/phones could get OS security updates by any mechanism. I have a growing drawer of old hardware that is perfectly functional but no longer updateable.
Better yet: don't install the Twitter app, and instead use m.twitter.com, which works perfectly and stays entirely within the browser's sandbox as it should. You can have a separate icon for that as though it were an app, and if you really want to, you can enable push notifications just as you could with an app.
My experience is that the web app does not work perfectly. In fact I get an endless spinner >50% of the time and lord help me if I try to open a comment thread.
Better yet: don't install the Twitter app, and instead use m.twitter.com, which works perfectly and stays entirely within the browser's sandbox as it should. You can have a separate icon for that as though it were an app, and if you really want to, you can enable push notifications just as you could with an app.
My experience is that the web app does not work perfectly. In fact I get an endless spinner >50% of the time and lord help me if I try to open a comment thread.
Better yet: don't install the Twitter app, and instead use m.twitter.com, which works perfectly and stays entirely within the browser's sandbox as it should. You can have a separate icon for that as though it were an app, and if you really want to, you can enable push notifications just as you could with an app.
Given that others have reported it, and it's been there for a long time, I suspect Twitter at the very least intentionally doesn't put too much resources behind the web site to force people to use the app.
Of course, if a service really wants to push an app onto me, it's clear that the app gives them some real benefits, and its usually the kind that aren't a benefit for me (more tracking, better ways to push ads, more "engagement" notifications, ...). So the harder something wants to push an app, the clearer it is that I never, ever want their app to touch my device.
Better yet: don't install the Twitter app, and instead use m.twitter.com, which works perfectly and stays entirely within the browser's sandbox as it should. You can have a separate icon for that as though it were an app, and if you really want to, you can enable push notifications just as you could with an app.
I'm often getting some form of "you're rate limited", "not allowed to perform this action" etc. until I hard-reload the full page. Given that others have reported it, and it's been there for a long time, I suspect Twitter at the very least intentionally doesn't put too much resources behind the web site to force people to use the app. Of course, if a service really wants to push an app onto me, it's clear that the ap…
I thought I was the only person dealing with this.. It happens for pretty much every tweet that I open in a browser. After a refresh, everything loads fine, but it's quite annoying.
Better yet: don't install the Twitter app, and instead use m.twitter.com, which works perfectly and stays entirely within the browser's sandbox as it should. You can have a separate icon for that as though it were an app, and if you really want to, you can enable push notifications just as you could with an app.
I'm often getting some form of "you're rate limited", "not allowed to perform this action" etc. until I hard-reload the full page. Given that others have reported it, and it's been there for a long time, I suspect Twitter at the very least intentionally doesn't put too much resources behind the web site to force people to use the app. Of course, if a service really wants to push an app onto me, it's clear that the ap…