Comment Re:I hope the Device Protection is optional. (Score 1) 172
absolutely. why should do anything to stop any crime? the perps will just go out and commit a different crime. really, really sound thinking.
absolutely. why should do anything to stop any crime? the perps will just go out and commit a different crime. really, really sound thinking.
then that's something samsung did for you. any lesson to be learned here?
Every time I *stop* it
i'm not talking about killing the process. i'm talking about going into settings > apps > [app] > disable.
on my n6, there's no "google search" app. there is an app called "google play services" which is the heart of google. there's a big "disable" button right there for me.
From my experience with the Note3, yeah you can "disable" apps from showing, but not completely. They're still resident in memory most of the time
the "disable" feature that's available on any firmware-based app completely stops the app from running. i use it on my nexus 6 to disable the exchange crap from running in the background. works fine.
if samsung did something to mess with how that works (i'd be surprised if they did, but if you say so), then well, why the heck did you buy a samsung device? that's called just deserts. don't blame android for some terrible crap done by samsung. by the way, you paid 50% for samsung, right?
if people don't support the delivery model they want, how do you expect anything to change? carrier bloated, manufacturer bloated malware infested devices. why? stop falling prey to samsung, et. al's marketing barrage. you're a nerd, you know nexus exists, what's your excuse?
Will a thief return my device when they discover they can't use it?
no, but if thieves understand that modern smartphones, including android 5.1 devices, are worthless if stolen, they aren't going to bother stealing them in the first place. sure, until a sufficient % of the devices out there support this it's not as useful but you have to start somewhere right?
also, don't you feel a little better knowing that the thief didn't get compensated $300 for stealing your phone?
Sucks that Google hasn't made a requirement for a "clean" version of Android to be made available for major devices
you can disable any app, including apps packaged in the firmware. it won't even show up in the launcher after that. that's been in place since 4.0 (or so).
It's something like a 100:1 loss on electricity at $0.11/KWH by the way.
except they aren't paying for the electricity, so it's all profit. even if they are only making $100, that's still pretty great. considering they probably spent a week hacking together existing software
My point was more on par with that there is a need beyond illegal activities when it comes to online transactions and bitcoin.
what are those reasons?
BTC made a lot of money for the early adopters, but it still has not yet lost momentum as a currency, and only will gain in value over time.
it's 6-month high is ~484. it's currently ~269. as far as fluctuations go that is massive. using bitcoin for anything other than quick sales (cash -> bitcoin -> transfer) is really not smart.
not to mention, the entire market is in a constant state of algorithmic manipulation (yes, i know, so is the stock market).
Private transaction without the worry of someone stealing my credit information.
that's funny. because with bitcoin, you sure don't have to worry about someone stealing the knowledge that you bought a six pack at the local grocery, but you have to worry about them stealing THE ACTUAL CURRENCY.
credit cards get a bad rap, but for the consumer, it's pretty low risk. it's in the companies' interest for it to be low risk, because they want you to keep spending money with it.
Yes, but this was with Google Wallet.
the terminal doesn't know if it's debit or credit, regardless of whether you are using google wallet, apple pay or smart card.
I'm not funding someone's website with my personal information.
no, you're just visiting their site, consuming the content that they worked hard to produce, and circumventing the only mechanism they have to be compensated for their work.
i know how you can block ads very effectively: don't visit the site.
Thanks, assholes, now we're going to have to figure out how to block this crap in HTML 5.
did you seriously think that the decline of flash would equate to fewer ads? at least with flash you had a "click to run plugin" option.
When I was at the vet the other day it wanted to know "Credit or Debit"? WTF?
there's actually no way to tell if the card is credit or debit through any information in the swipe data.
(And remember, it only takes 4 transactions to positively identify you - so if Google gets anonymous expanded transaction history, they can link the transactions to your Google Wallet ones to positively identify you)
and then what happens? seriously.
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