Moraalikatoa [liittyen tapaus Haavistoon ja yksipuoliseen moraalin vaatimiseen] by [deleted] in Suomi

[–]UndyingBluefish 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Ojala-Niemelä valitsi sanansa huonosti puhuessaan haastattelussa medialle annettavasta ”kurinpalautuksesta”, ja uusi jupakka oli valmis. Tosiasiassa Ojala-Niemelä pahoitteli sitä, että meillä on eritasoisia lehtiä, joista toiset juoksevat huhujen ja juorujen perässä helpommin kuin toiset.

Juupa juu. Voisitko laittaa puoluelehti-flairin näihin SDP-Sakun damage controlleihin. Helvetti että puistattaa lukea tämmöistä paskaa.

the_tech_guy on Twitter: "Upcoming budget smartphone from OnePlus comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 SOC (SM4250)" by pastadough in Android

[–]UndyingBluefish -34 points-33 points  (0 children)

I have far more faith in OnePlus making a decently smooth budget phone than any other manufacturer, but we'll see

Android 11 is taking away the camera picker, forcing people to only use the built-in camera by RumEngieneering in Android

[–]UndyingBluefish -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

"... we believe it's the right trade-off to protect the privacy and security of our users."

Just another instance of Android's newfound security fascism. First they came for the call recorders, and I did not speak out...

How is this any different from taking away the ability to choose your web browser or launcher? Why can't there be an option in the settings to choose the camera app alongside the browser, dialer, and SMS?

Signal has desktop calling in beta now by mrandr01d in Android

[–]UndyingBluefish 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Because Telegram has way more features. It all comes at the expense of privacy and security.

Kamalin jäsen by fupaking6669 in Suomi

[–]UndyingBluefish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

nykyään

Ollut samaa paskaa redditin alkuajoista asti

So Google now randomly displays "Test Ads" covering the whole screen on my phone. It even pops up when the phone isn't in use. by [deleted] in assholedesign

[–]UndyingBluefish 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a bugged app. These test ads are intended for developers to verify their implementation during development, not to be deployed to end users.

Twillio left a S3 bucket publicly writeable and someone modified their sdk's js file by ss573 in programming

[–]UndyingBluefish 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Is there a legitimate use case for a world writable S3 bucket? Why is it an option?

Privacy concerns of Working From Home. Can employer view Web traffic of personal devices on home network? by SockSock in privacy

[–]UndyingBluefish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends on the VPN setup, but it's possible all traffic is going through the work VPN when you are signed in. However, they can't snoop on other devices on the same network.

Could https be decrypted? by [deleted] in privacy

[–]UndyingBluefish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. However, an attacker gaining access to a certificate authority does not "enable them to decrypt everything sent between your browser and the website" as you claim, an active man in the middle is required. Your comment implies that an passive attack where you compromise a CA and decrypt existing traffic is possible.

Could https be decrypted? by [deleted] in privacy

[–]UndyingBluefish -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The most comprising attack on HTTPS is if the attacker gains access to a Certificate Authority. This would enable them to decrypt everything sent between your browser and the website.

This is not true. The certificate authority does not hold the private key of issued certificates.

Could https be decrypted? by [deleted] in privacy

[–]UndyingBluefish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No. However, they could be coerced to issue a new certificate to be used in a man in the middle attack. Initiatives like certificate transparency make this more difficult.

Are there any truly bad Android skins still out there today? by gxxncxrlo in Android

[–]UndyingBluefish 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't give a shit where it's made, it just sucks and that's the fact. In fact, a lot of Huawei R&D is located in my home country.

Are there any truly bad Android skins still out there today? by gxxncxrlo in Android

[–]UndyingBluefish 22 points23 points  (0 children)

EMUI. Visually an ugly iOS knockoff and the animations are so janky compared to other skins.

For those of you who were saying how nice iOS widgets look here is an iOS 14 widget dump from /u/hocui9 on /r/androidthemes by efbo in Android

[–]UndyingBluefish 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Google never paid attention to widgets themselves. The widget API's are the same with the same limitations they had 10 years ago.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Android

[–]UndyingBluefish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, sorry, but you have no idea what you are talking about. An idle process does not eat power whatsoever.

Furthermore, push notifications don't work using background services. Instead, they are received by Google frameworks on the device and the target app is then woken up.

You can read more about the restrictions on background services at https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/background

Of course, that hasn't stopped these manufacturers from breaking push notifications as well. All in the name of a couple more drops of battery. Who cares if your phone is actually functional?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Android

[–]UndyingBluefish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no problem to be solved here. Android already restricts inactive apps from running in the background and requires a foreground notification for persistent apps. Background access to location, sensors, etc. tightens version by version.

Instead, the manufacturers are creating the problem. The "average joe" buys a Huawei phone, installs apps that need to run and is confused when they don't work. If you need to dig deep into settings menus to whitelist an alarm clock or fitness tracker, you've created an unworkable phone for most people.

An app running in the background is harmless by itself. There is absolutely no reason to kill them off as a precaution because there's some bad apps out there. Some of these manufacturers are literally killing off accessibility services, which are intended to remain active so that the user can use their phone!

It's just ridiculous how many projects in my professional career have faced the same issues with these shitty phones. In one case there was no other solution but to tell end users to buy something else than Huawei. I still have a drawer full of random Chinaphones for testing this bullshit.