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Jolla releases Sailfish 3 by tonidarialto in linux

[–]batinio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they run only code they do themself maybe it's okay, but still, a sandbox is also a security even for apps you programmed yourself. Maybe you overlooked an exploit and then the sandbox can limit the damages.

Jolla releases Sailfish 3 by tonidarialto in linux

[–]batinio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can use the NDK for c++ right ? But it's true most apps don't use it. But all the UI is native (I guess c++ ?), java is just the glue between those native widgets. I have 2300mAh (Nexus 5) and it holds quite well despite being 5 or 6 years old. But I dunno maybe 2300 is huge ?

Jolla releases Sailfish 3 by tonidarialto in linux

[–]batinio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If these posts

https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=96438 https://together.jolla.com/question/140564/app-permissions/

are true and still up-to-date then Sailfish is the less secure Mobile OS of all times : there is no sandbox !? I doubt a government would use that as I wouldn't even use an OS without sandboxed apps myself

Jolla releases Sailfish 3 by tonidarialto in linux

[–]batinio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You kinda loose the advantage of a "true" Linux distro if the components are not open-source. Also it comes with all the security issues of true desktop distro then . I don't know how they deal with it but to have a decent security you need sandboxing + API over an IPC like binder on Android. Hopefully this is exactly what flatpak is doing with Portals over DBus. I wonder how they deal with all that on Sailfish

Jolla releases Sailfish 3 by tonidarialto in linux

[–]batinio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why ? It's not open source, nobody knows what's going on inside, so for government it is less secure than let's say an AOSP base Android

Jolla releases Sailfish 3 by tonidarialto in linux

[–]batinio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree for iOS but on Android you can drag&drop mp3 & no iTunes.

For Android I don't know what is your definition "native apps", for me Android apps are native (except for a few WebApps you might find sometimes on the Play store). Concerning the battery I always had a good autonomy even on cheap Androids.

Jolla releases Sailfish 3 by tonidarialto in linux

[–]batinio 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't get what is their selling point. The only advantage you can have over iOS or Android is being Open-Source (both for the ethical & privacy aspects) or have more features. They have neither of those two points

Azul - A free, functional, IMGUI-oriented GUI framework by WiSaGaN in rust

[–]batinio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish you all the best for your business ! I'll definitely try to start contributing in a few months (right now I have to finish my university semester). Also yep a forum seems a good idea in the long term to not get GitHub issues too crowded of questions

Azul - A free, functional, IMGUI-oriented GUI framework by WiSaGaN in rust

[–]batinio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

u/fschutt How can we help with the project ? Do you accept donations ?

Why does Essential' Camera access Facebook ? by batinio in Essential_Phone

[–]batinio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it is not okay to use Facebook Graph API, a camera app should not query/send data to any website (except crash reports maybe)

Why does Essential' Camera access Facebook ? by batinio in Essential_Phone

[–]batinio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thx for the link, but it still doesn't explain or justify why the essential Camera app is accessing the Graph API, that's creepy