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  1. Re:Shitty Consultants on Is Online Advertising Worthless? (zerohedge.com) · · Score: 1

    That type of precise measurement only exists with direct response advertisement as opposed to brand marketing.

  2. Re:Pass on Apple Explains Face ID On-stage Failure (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That doesn't stop "rubber hose decryption" -- beating you until you unlock the password. Do you think that all police are so above board they wouldn't do that ?

  3. Re:Pass on Apple Explains Face ID On-stage Failure (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It used regular image recognition that could be fooled by a picture and didn't take a 3D image, it didn't work in the dark, it wouldn't work with glasses, hats, etc.

    If I remember correctly, it stored the image unprotected and was accessible by any app instead of being stored correctly.

    The Samsung implementation was nowhere near as advanced.

  4. Re:Feature without a requirement on Apple Explains Face ID On-stage Failure (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "They" have never had this feature. This wasn't an Apple feature. It was a third party feature that worked only on jail broken devices.

  5. Re:Pass on Apple Explains Face ID On-stage Failure (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    I actually watched someone unlock an iDevice with another iDevice by showing it their employee roster picture from our company website..

    How? This is the first "iDevice" that has had facial unlock?

  6. Re:Pass on Apple Explains Face ID On-stage Failure (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    The police can also force you to put your fingerprint on the phone or has happen in the U.K., Judy tackle you while you're using your phone (https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/05/uk-police-have-a-new-tactic-for-circumventing-strong-iphone-encryption-steal-the-unlocked-phone-out-of-the-criminals-hand/).

    There is nothing that Apple can do to prevent rubber-hose decryption.

  7. Re:Android, for those who don't care about securit on Android One Is Anything But Dead, Google Reaffirms With Xiaomi Mi A1 (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    It is the Individual phone makers who don't care about security. The same problem with Windows PC's

    I don't have to wait on the vendor for security updates -- I get them straight from Microsoft.

  8. Re: Android, for those who don't care about securi on Android One Is Anything But Dead, Google Reaffirms With Xiaomi Mi A1 (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    People who are serious about security would NEVER buy a propritary device that is single-sourced from a company that is VERY aggressive about remaining the single source, and also very closed source themselves.

    You mean like all of the closed source drivers in every Android phone or do you mean all Google Services that make what most people consider "Android" Android?

    The iPhone 5 introduced in 2012 will have had 5 years of updates and security patches. when iOS 11 comes out in September. Can you say the same about any Android phone?

  9. Re:Glad I opted out of... on APFS Is Not Optional (apple.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not like Apple did the transitions to APFS seamlessly on hundreds of million of devices already without a hiccup,,,,oh wait...they did.

  10. Re: All four Oreo users? on Slashdot Asks: What Are Your Favorite Android Oreo Features? (thehackernews.com) · · Score: 1

    So it's a small Java based app that runs when you browse to a web page. What next are they going to reintroduce the blink tag?

  11. Re:"Plug Every Hole" Indeed on Roku Is the Top Streaming Device In the US and Still Growing, Report Finds (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Roku not having a competitive content business is by design. Roku was originally created within Netflix and then spun out because Netflix wanted to be able to make deals with other hardware providers without it seeming like they were competing against them.

  12. Re:"Smart" TVs are stupid. on Samsung TV Owners Furious After Software Update Leaves Sets Unusable (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Well two things: Is your setup wife friendly? But more importantly, this is a 49" TV for the bedroom. We weren't trying to deck out or bedroom with an entertainment system.

    As far as price, the "smarts" doesn't actually add any perceivable cost to the TV. The TCL 49 inch TV was only $350 from Amazon.

  13. Re:"Smart" TVs are stupid. on Samsung TV Owners Furious After Software Update Leaves Sets Unusable (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    But, you can't pause and rewind live TV with just a Roku box. You can't even receive live TV with a stand-alone Roku.

    I hardly ever watch "live" tv. I watch almost everything on demand. We can get live TV via Sling, the FX app, and CBS Now. But the inability for a standalone Roku to get live over the air TV is even more of a reason to get a Roku TV. You can connect an antenna to it and see a preview of what's on OTA (as well as the other HDMI inputs via the Roku app selection screen.

    As far as discontinuing updating it, worse case is that you have to buy a Roku stick and connect it to an HDMI port. But even when they discontinue support, the old apps still work. My old 2011 Roku boxes still work with all of the streaming apps I use except for Sling.

  14. Re:"Smart" TVs are stupid. on Samsung TV Owners Furious After Software Update Leaves Sets Unusable (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the integration. One remote to control everything whether it is the physical remote or the mobile app. The mobile app can turn the tv off and control the volume.

  15. Re:"Smart" TVs are stupid. on Samsung TV Owners Furious After Software Update Leaves Sets Unusable (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    In theory I agree and I told myself I would never buy a smart TV. But, I found the TCL Roku TV to enticing to pass up. I trust Roku to make good software much more than I trust most TV manufacturers.

  16. Re:Dear Netflix, a bit of advice on Netflix Shows Are All Worldwide Hits -- Until They're Not (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Follow a formula like Babylon 5 used. A story with a beginning, middle and end. Having a definite ending where everyone lives happily ever after is important. In the last few episodes you can see the pieces being moved off the chessboard as everyone gets promoted or retires or whatever. It doesn't have to be a five year story arc. But it does have to be something that you can definitely pull off without cancelling it.

    Is that really a great example? If you consider Seasons 1 - 4 and the last episode of season 5, to be the beginning, middle, and end yes. But the fifth season was completely pointless.

  17. What "feature" of the FB app can't be used from their mobile website?

  18. Even if chess.com had found and patched this bug ahead of time (which they may have since the CEO has admitted he's clueless about this tech stuff), as I understand it owners of 32-bit iOS devices would've had to update their software by downloading the patch directly from chess.com. No auto-update via the App Store anymore for 32-bit apps.

    That statement is untrue for so many reasons:

    1. As of right now the current OS still supports 32 bit apps and 32 bit phones and iPads. The current OS supports the iPhone 5 and 5C.

    2. Apple does require app developers to submit 64 bit versions of new code but they are perfectly capable of submitting a fat binary that can support iOS versions back to iOS 7 - released back in 2013.

    3. The App Store also allows you to download older versions of current apps when the newest version doesn't support your hardware. This supports goes back to iOS 5-released in 2011. I can confirm this. I did it earlier this year with a circa 2010 1st gen iPad.

  19. Since you asked... on Ask Slashdot: Your Favorite Subscription Services? · · Score: 2

    I'm a non cable subscriber- not a "cord cutter" since my tv viewing still comes via a cord at home...

    1.Hulu
    2.Netflix
    3.CBS All Access
    4.Sling TV
    5.Amazon Prime
    6. AT&T Gigapower.

    For software/computer related stuff
    1. BackBlaze
    2. Resharper
    3. Pluralsight

    And because I don't do manual labor....

    1. A lawn service.

  20. Re:Tired of the upgrade carousel on Apple To Phase Out 32-Bit Mac Apps Starting In January 2018 (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Also it means I have to throw away my Core Duo based macs.

    Apple not supporting 32 bit apps in 2018 doesn't affect your Core Duo Macs. Apple stopped supporting 32 bit computers back in July 2011 with the release of 10.7.

    On the other hand, your computer is still usable and can run modern apps -- just install Windows 7 on it. I have a Core Duo Mac Mini 1.66Ghz (circa 2006) running Windows 7.

  21. There has never been anything about Apple's podcast support that is a wall garden. Apple doesn't host podcasts, it merely provides a directory of RSS feeds that are hosted by the submitter. Apple's podcast directory is used by many third party podcast players because it is the most comprehensive.

  22. Re:It's not gonna hurt them on Apple's New iPhones May Miss Out On Higher-Speed Data Links (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    And this is why the infamous "less space than a Nomad, no wireless. Lame" saying could only have been born on Slashdot.

    The iPhone when it was introduced, wasn't just a "touch screen phone." Did the LG that came out six months before hand have multitouch, a real HTML 5 browser, a decent mail client, media player, visual voicemail (which was unique at the time) , and a full desktop class OS that within a year could run the caliber of 3rd party apps that the iPhone could run?

    Was the fingerprint reader on the Motorola phone usable? Even after a fingerprint reader came out on the iPhone, it was a year or two before Android phones had reliable fingerprint readers and even then they were fake security. The fingerprint images were stored on some non encrypted and available to any app.

  23. Re:Upgrades over Greed. on Apple's New iPhones May Miss Out On Higher-Speed Data Links (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes you could always get an Android with a removable battery but you still end up getting phones more often if you actually want an up to date OS.

    On the other hand, iOS 11 will support all phones introduced since 2013.

  24. Re:Never heard of it. on Android Now Supports the Kotlin Programming Language (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a reason that many iOS/Objective C classes start with NS.....

  25. Re:I'll still use Ogg/Vorbis on MP3 Is Not Dead, It's Finally Free (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    Remove that support where? If you want to play ogg vorbis files on Macs, you are free to do so.

    http://www.vorbis.com/setup_os...

    If you want to play ogg vorbis files on iOS devices you are free to do so.

    Capriccio Lite - Ultimate Music Player by MINHEE JUNG
    https://appsto.re/us/ABV6z.i

    Unless you want to play ogg files on an Apple Watch, Apple is doing nothing to hinder your ability to do so on any of their devices.