Catch up on stories from the past week (and beyond) at the Slashdot story archive

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Re:Maybe in a different country (Score 1) 498

To be fair, I don't recall seeing a news report about the friend of my coworker's two sons. They were playing playstation and their friend was twirling his gun around, and even dropped it. He resumed twirling the gun and then it managed to go off as it was pointed at his head. Luckily no one else was injured.

Comment Re:Could be. (Score 1) 392

I have seen plenty of phones with broken micro usb ports. There is a flimsy little tab in the port than can easily get smashed up or down and prevent the port from working until it is pushed back into the middle. God help you if that plastic tab is broken off. The lightning connector has no little tab to break off so is immune from that failure mode. I can't quite tell, but it looks like USB c has a little plastic tab as well -- which is disappointing to me. At least it appears to be thicker this time around.

Comment Re:Lack of appropriate options gripe: (Score 1) 230

No, instead it exposes your payment information to Google or Apple.

I don't know about Google wallet, but Apple doesn't have anyone's ApplePay information. It's stored on the device.

From https://www.apple.com/apple-pay/:

Every time you hand over your credit or debit card to pay, your card number and identity are visible. With Apple Pay, instead of using your actual credit and debit card numbers when you add your card, a unique Device Account Number is assigned, encrypted, and securely stored in the Secure Element, a dedicated chip in iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. These numbers are never stored on Apple servers. And when you make a purchase, the Device Account Number, along with a transaction-specific dynamic security code, is used to process your payment. So your actual credit or debit card numbers are never shared by Apple with merchants or transmitted with payment.

Slashdot Top Deals

It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.

Working...