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Comment Re: Attackers _everywhere_ are using it (Score 1) 24

In fairness, certain U.S. government agencies have the ability to compel software companies not to disclose or even fix flaws in their products, so long as they pose an interest to national security. Once these flaws become public (enough that they are exploited by malicious actors), security is compromised and a fix may be issued. See also "warrant canary". Sadly, nobody cares that the U.S. did it first. We made it illegal to speak truth to public about actual invocation of this law, so it must be good.

Comment Re: See Chrome; Do Chrome (Score 1) 130

The next time you catch yourself hitting the back button accidentally, do me (and yourself) a favor: don't let go. If you turn your short press into long, you get the tab history list instead of instantaneously losing your page. I have never had an issue with thinking that the back button should do anything other than go back a page (when viewing a tab) or default Android back button behavior (in UI elements such as settings). This is the first I'm even hearing of the problem, so please do what every good engineer does: add an extra knob in advanced settings.

Comment Re: Workaround with root permissions? (Score 1) 156

I use OpenCamera because it allows easy, ad-free access to advanced features for photography and video. If Android takes this away, then it makes itself an unsuitable tool for the job of replacing a dedicated camera. Time to bust out the search for a clean Android distribution that patches this or bail on Google completely. I already deleted Facebook. Give me a fucking reason, Android.

Comment Re: GPS (Score 2) 229

Or you could use an existing map application already on your device. If you were lost and lucky to find a signal, you probably wouldn't be able to download anything. I'll bet someone could make a website that asks for GPS permission and returns the same results -- all without installing anything.

Comment Re: Carpenters can cut their fingers off with a s (Score 2) 388

On the contrary: using your analogy, if there were only one ABS sensor in your vehicle and that sensor were faulty -- causing it to think that the tires were slipping when they were not -- then your vehicle may not stop as quickly as possible. If this results in killing vehicle occupants, then it corresponds rather closely to the 737 Max / MCAS issue.

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