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Comment Re:Obvious answer (Score 1) 105

by gravity on Friday January 08, 2021 @09:23AM (#60910512) Attached to: Earth Is Whipping Around Quicker Than It Has In a Half-Century

Either that or it's just jumping for joy.

Google Cuts Android Privacy Feature, Says Release Was Unintentional 324

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 13, 2013 @09:54AM from the pay-no-attention-to-the-droid-behind-the-curtain dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Peter Eckersley at the EFF reports that the 'App Ops' privacy feature added to Android in 4.3 has been removed as of 4.4.2. The feature allowed users to easily manage the permission settings for installed apps. Thus, users could enjoy the features of whatever app they liked, while preventing the app from, for example, reporting location data. Eckersley writes, 'When asked for comment, Google told us that the feature had only ever been released by accident — that it was experimental, and that it could break some of the apps policed by it. We are suspicious of this explanation, and do not think that it in any way justifies removing the feature rather than improving it.1 The disappearance of App Ops is alarming news for Android users. The fact that they cannot turn off app permissions is a Stygian hole in the Android security model, and a billion people's data is being sucked through. Embarrassingly, it is also one that Apple managed to fix in iOS years ago.'"

Comment iX (Score 2) 363

by gravity on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @06:24PM (#43477751) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Magazines Do You Still Read?

german magazine: iX, http://www.ix.de/

Playstation To Restore Services This Week 174

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 01, 2011 @10:33AM from the no-schwag-for-geohot-I-bet dept.

iSimon19 writes with word that after last week's unscheduled service disruption and security breach, "On their blog last night, Playstation representatives announced they were restoring services throughout the week. This also included giving all users a month of Playstation Plus free, as well as select downloads for free with their 'Complimentary Offering and "Welcome Back" Appreciation Program.'"

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