No way is it data caps... FB barely even dents the data (unless you spend all your time watching potato-quality videos on there). I'd say it's more-so the fact that the FB is losing its novelty, and there are so many privacy and security concerns around it. Plus the apps are trash.
The damn wording on the permissions is set by Google, not by Facebook. They're ominous sounding because they cite the most extreme cases that the devices *could* be used for, so that people don't come crying later when things are used in ways that weren't expected. Lastly, the giant list of permissions set by the FB apps really don't go out of line with everything the apps do. Want to be able to take pictures and videos from the app? There's your camera permission (and by extension, I believe, the microphone permission for video). Want it to update your contacts with your FB list? There's the access to your contact list. Want Messenger to handle SMS? There's the SMS permission... Every permission it requests can be justified by a legitimate function within the application.
I thought LTE was basically GSM 2.0 - same ideas, just jacked up (like 802.11B is to 802.11G). I don't really follow that side of things closely, though, so I'm probably way off on my wireless views haha. I appreciate your response to my comment - thanks!
I mean, that might be part of the reason... but I believe GSM is the global standard, faster, and more reliable. It sucks that it's been poisoned - what we need are apps for phones that can detect if it's connecting to a stingray, and overload the thing.
If the bank leaves its vault open, can you take the money?
Bad analogy. How about this: You walk up to a bank with several doors in the front, and a note reading "Please enter through the door with your name. If permitted to take items, there will be a bag just inside your door, otherwise you are to look but not touch." Each door has a long hallway that leads to a room at the end, and each door has a name at the top of it. At the end of this the line of doors is a door that has a note saying "If no door has your name above it, please use this door." You do as permitted and enter that door. Once in, you see a bag and take it along with you down the hallway. At the end of the hallway, you see that all of the hallways end up in the same room at the end, full money.
Now, you've done everything as permitted by the note. You have a bag which grants you permission to take what you want, so... what's wrong with taking the items? Absolutely nothing. Maybe a slight moral issue, but in the end of the day you haven't done anything explicitly wrong.
Absolutely - though many of them are inactive, they still exist. I'd assume most of us have long since changed our password systems since then, though.
For things like Steam, where there is license management, you should be able to re-sell the product. When the sale is complete, the software would transfer the license from you to the new buyer. That way you lose it and they get it. Otherwise, there's no way we could rely on an honor system for something like this.
The older group are probably more likely to have their passwords written down on sticky notes under their keyboards, or stuck to their monitors.
Furthermore, the percent of hacked accounts would be hard to solve, as many younger folk are likely signed up to way more sites and services using the same password across the board. This would easier intrusion into the more secured sites.
Isn't it already legal to connect to IP Cameras that aren't password protected? I don't see this as being any different from connecting to any other website. You're not breaking into anything.
You're right. After I made my silly bathroom post, I remembered reading about Hillary Clinton having her own Propaganda machine hitting sites like Reddit to try to convince people that she's not a bought-out liar.
488 million accounts are being faked to help spread doom, fear, and other bad news over stupid, menial things like which bathroom people should use, and why unisex bathrooms are the worst idea in the history of the world.
I like the shortcut, but I agree that some forms don't play nice with it and it is easy to accidentally flip back when you don't want to. Instead of stripping the feature, they should instead make it harder to accidentally trigger - something like ctrl+backspace.
Slashdot Mirror
How hard can it be...
No way is it data caps... FB barely even dents the data (unless you spend all your time watching potato-quality videos on there). I'd say it's more-so the fact that the FB is losing its novelty, and there are so many privacy and security concerns around it. Plus the apps are trash.
Not going to happen. If they fuck up Netflix, people will just go back to pirating their shit.
The damn wording on the permissions is set by Google, not by Facebook. They're ominous sounding because they cite the most extreme cases that the devices *could* be used for, so that people don't come crying later when things are used in ways that weren't expected. Lastly, the giant list of permissions set by the FB apps really don't go out of line with everything the apps do. Want to be able to take pictures and videos from the app? There's your camera permission (and by extension, I believe, the microphone permission for video). Want it to update your contacts with your FB list? There's the access to your contact list. Want Messenger to handle SMS? There's the SMS permission... Every permission it requests can be justified by a legitimate function within the application.
I abandoned all the shit my ISP and phone manufacturer gave me after 0 uses!
I thought LTE was basically GSM 2.0 - same ideas, just jacked up (like 802.11B is to 802.11G). I don't really follow that side of things closely, though, so I'm probably way off on my wireless views haha. I appreciate your response to my comment - thanks!
Rename your wifi to "BEWARE OF STINGRAY" haha
I mean, that might be part of the reason... but I believe GSM is the global standard, faster, and more reliable. It sucks that it's been poisoned - what we need are apps for phones that can detect if it's connecting to a stingray, and overload the thing.
There's gonna be a whole lot of angry feminists and SJW's...
Toss in some FB and Twitter api...
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$ Withdrawing cash. .
$ Updating FB Status: Gettin' paper
$ Updating Twitter: Mad Ballin! #GettinPaper #Cash #Money #BigSpender #Bills
Bad analogy. How about this: You walk up to a bank with several doors in the front, and a note reading "Please enter through the door with your name. If permitted to take items, there will be a bag just inside your door, otherwise you are to look but not touch." Each door has a long hallway that leads to a room at the end, and each door has a name at the top of it. At the end of this the line of doors is a door that has a note saying "If no door has your name above it, please use this door." You do as permitted and enter that door. Once in, you see a bag and take it along with you down the hallway. At the end of the hallway, you see that all of the hallways end up in the same room at the end, full money.
Now, you've done everything as permitted by the note. You have a bag which grants you permission to take what you want, so... what's wrong with taking the items? Absolutely nothing. Maybe a slight moral issue, but in the end of the day you haven't done anything explicitly wrong.
Absolutely - though many of them are inactive, they still exist. I'd assume most of us have long since changed our password systems since then, though.
Why do non-users have to Opt-Out of something they never signed up for? Shouldn't the correct method be that they have to opt-IN?!
For things like Steam, where there is license management, you should be able to re-sell the product. When the sale is complete, the software would transfer the license from you to the new buyer. That way you lose it and they get it. Otherwise, there's no way we could rely on an honor system for something like this.
You should see the shit we have to deal with in Canada. Check out our mobile plans while you're at it. It'll make you appreciate what you guys have.
XBox One Eighty
I don't even understand why they would release a more powerful console... are we going to see games soon that are "Only Compatible with XBOX ONE 2"?
The older group are probably more likely to have their passwords written down on sticky notes under their keyboards, or stuck to their monitors.
Furthermore, the percent of hacked accounts would be hard to solve, as many younger folk are likely signed up to way more sites and services using the same password across the board. This would easier intrusion into the more secured sites.
Thank you. The summary did a poor job of explaining the title... and I'll be damned if I actually RTFA. Ain't nobody got time for that.
- Jayden Smithhttps://developers.slashdot.org/story/16/05/20/1432233/declaring-code-is-not-code-says-larry-page#
Is the original video monetized? He should sue them for $5.5 million dollars, since he lost out on potential views and revenue.
Isn't it already legal to connect to IP Cameras that aren't password protected? I don't see this as being any different from connecting to any other website. You're not breaking into anything.
You're right. After I made my silly bathroom post, I remembered reading about Hillary Clinton having her own Propaganda machine hitting sites like Reddit to try to convince people that she's not a bought-out liar.
488 million accounts are being faked to help spread doom, fear, and other bad news over stupid, menial things like which bathroom people should use, and why unisex bathrooms are the worst idea in the history of the world.
I like the shortcut, but I agree that some forms don't play nice with it and it is easy to accidentally flip back when you don't want to. Instead of stripping the feature, they should instead make it harder to accidentally trigger - something like ctrl+backspace.