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Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

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It worked and it was good enough

At 1Mbit. It was good enough but it absolutely sucks today. Meanwhile AirDrop is hundreds of megabit to a gigabit. Trying to send a video file over Bluetooth would be miserable.

What are you actually arguing here?

Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

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No. Credit card transactions cannot check for name or billing a part from the zip code. Also the zip code validation only works in certain countries like the US, and Canada. The way to validate that works is Visa 3DS or MasterCard 3D Secure. Those sent an OTP from the issuer to the cardholder on the issuer database, usually an email or SMS. The issuer of the card is the only who really knows the owner of the card.

> Credit card transactions cannot check for name or billing a part from the zip code. This is not true. Name and address verification is common. https://corporate.visa.com/en/solutions/acceptance/verificat...

In the US, CA the name is not validated. My company is credit card issuer and authorizer, and we don't do any validation a part from CVC. Maybe some countries/iisuers do the name validation, but is not not common at all.

Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

#583

The fact that I get excited about this is actually a good representation much vendor lock there is. We used to be able to send files over Bluetooth before the iPhone came out.

> send files over Bluetooth

kind of worked with flip-phone resolutions, but tiresome with multi-megabyte pictures of today

Re: Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

#584

The fact that I get excited about this is actually a good representation much vendor lock there is. We used to be able to send files over Bluetooth before the iPhone came out.

It's really an embarrassment to our society that it took this long. And still only by seemingly by reverse engineering with no cooperation from Apple.

the underlying tech seems to be based upon awdl principles contributed by apple
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