It worked for me. I no longer have the Samsung keyboard installed on my Samsung Note 2. In fact I'm running AOSP 5.1.1 rather then being stuck on 4.1 (or 4.2) like all other Note 2 users are.
I never allow my phone to connect to any WiFi network I don't trust, that's just stupid. And it never downloads updates unless it's on WiFi. So that pretty much leaves only updating my phone at work or at home.
I recall my old HTC Thunderbolt would only download updates over the Verizon network. You had no choice. I'm not sure about today because I've rooted my phones 15 minutes after opening the box.
The carriers excuse is that the devices use 'their network' thus they need control over the software to prevent abuse and damage their 'their network'. Sure we all know it's total bullshit but can't do anything about it.
I like as little as possible government regulation as possible but understand it's needed in some areas. This is one of them. I would love to see some regulation forcing phone manufactures and carriers forcing the to push out security fixes within at 30 days at the extreme from the time an exploit is found. 15 would be better. If my Samsung Note 2 wasn't rooted it would still be running Android 4.1 (maybe 4..2?) which has various security holes in it. Sure put a limit on the device, say up to 3 or 4 years from that models initial release date. In my case the Note 2 (Verizon) would hit 3 years this November.
I'm done with buying HTC and Samsung devices and their 6 - 12 month delay in updates. We all know they delay it so people will give up and just upgrade their device. I'm currently looking at the Nexus 6 directly from Google which also works on Verizon.
I know. That's just a disaster waiting to happen. "We got hacked." "You don't say..."
For the first and last time:
ANYTHING on the internet is NOT secure
Use a local password manager.
I agree with you - but i must add, even if i may sound "paranoid", while i understand how convenient it is: don't use a (local) password manager... use your (brain's) memory!
Most people who use their brain will pick very easy to remember passwords which are in return easy to guess and hack. I have been changing over to using my YubiKey. Slot 1 is configured for OTP, slot 2 is a 32 character static password of random upper and lowercase letters.
It's less about who cares but more about the fact these companies continue to sell our data without asking if they can or at least telling us they are going to.
This also leaves the door open to malware on the phone to scrap up this personal data such as address, email and all your contacts and send it to Sasha Konovalov in Russia.
Joking aside, the managers, executives, and sales/marketing assholes should be strung up for telling people your data was deleted when in fact it wasn't.
If you're paying in cash then why would you even have to supply ANY information. I know places like Target ask for a zip code but that's just to see how far people are driving so they can plane where to build new stores.
I'm almost sure this will make a return. Right now they saw what was happening and they were going to lose out. All Comcast & TWC are doing is stepping back out of the spot light so they can do some more behind the doors deals and 'gift buying' for more politicians.
The fact that my network is seeing a 10 fold increased attacks from Russian IP's over the past 2-3 years is enough to lead me to believe what's being said here is true. Still doesn't beat China but Russia is very quickly gaining ground.
Respond, no maybe not but some people might need to see what the messages are. I have software monitoring many servers and they send out txt messages if anything strange is detected. Some are notices and some are critical alerts that do need to responded to right away.
That's why I skip over and ignore all good reviews and just read the bad ones. To many companies pay for good reviews to make their products look good.
That's fine and dandy for you who seem to have the time to manage the systems. You're just one of the extreme few in the world that's willing to do this. Your average person can't do this or doesn't have the time. I use to love building these systems in my younger days but now I don't have the time to do it. I would rather update my data in an encrypted state to some servers that I know have countless forums of redundancy.
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It worked for me. I no longer have the Samsung keyboard installed on my Samsung Note 2. In fact I'm running AOSP 5.1.1 rather then being stuck on 4.1 (or 4.2) like all other Note 2 users are.
I never allow my phone to connect to any WiFi network I don't trust, that's just stupid. And it never downloads updates unless it's on WiFi. So that pretty much leaves only updating my phone at work or at home.
I recall my old HTC Thunderbolt would only download updates over the Verizon network. You had no choice. I'm not sure about today because I've rooted my phones 15 minutes after opening the box.
The carriers excuse is that the devices use 'their network' thus they need control over the software to prevent abuse and damage their 'their network'. Sure we all know it's total bullshit but can't do anything about it.
I like as little as possible government regulation as possible but understand it's needed in some areas. This is one of them. I would love to see some regulation forcing phone manufactures and carriers forcing the to push out security fixes within at 30 days at the extreme from the time an exploit is found. 15 would be better. If my Samsung Note 2 wasn't rooted it would still be running Android 4.1 (maybe 4..2?) which has various security holes in it. Sure put a limit on the device, say up to 3 or 4 years from that models initial release date. In my case the Note 2 (Verizon) would hit 3 years this November.
I'm done with buying HTC and Samsung devices and their 6 - 12 month delay in updates. We all know they delay it so people will give up and just upgrade their device. I'm currently looking at the Nexus 6 directly from Google which also works on Verizon.
Just wait till Apple tries to deny other streaming apps for "duplicating functionality".
I know. That's just a disaster waiting to happen. "We got hacked." "You don't say ..."
For the first and last time:
ANYTHING on the internet is NOT secure
Use a local password manager.
I agree with you - but i must add, even if i may sound "paranoid", while i understand how convenient it is: don't use a (local) password manager... use your (brain's) memory!
Most people who use their brain will pick very easy to remember passwords which are in return easy to guess and hack. I have been changing over to using my YubiKey. Slot 1 is configured for OTP, slot 2 is a 32 character static password of random upper and lowercase letters.
It's less about who cares but more about the fact these companies continue to sell our data without asking if they can or at least telling us they are going to.
This also leaves the door open to malware on the phone to scrap up this personal data such as address, email and all your contacts and send it to Sasha Konovalov in Russia.
I think Dr. Cox says it best..
I would be sure to send Comcast a monthly bill for using drive space on my computers too.
Or own an iDevice
I try Dragon on and off all the time.. It's a major battery drain compared to Google Now.
I still keep going back and installing Dragon every few months in hopes this improves though.
You mean kinda like bank's ATM's that blue screen?
What, Google owns Chromium? This is news to me.
Joking aside, the managers, executives, and sales/marketing assholes should be strung up for telling people your data was deleted when in fact it wasn't.
If you're paying in cash then why would you even have to supply ANY information. I know places like Target ask for a zip code but that's just to see how far people are driving so they can plane where to build new stores.
SSHHHH! Don't let Comcast hear you say that. They will double all the Internet fees.
The fact that I can see what host and IPs it's connecting to and downloading the patch files (which are all owned by MS) tells me they are legit.
One should realize that there are a lot "pirated" Windows OS installations in Russia. I would guess more than 90%.
Every pirated version of windows I have used, including the one I'm using right this second, has been getting updates from MS.
I'm almost sure this will make a return. Right now they saw what was happening and they were going to lose out. All Comcast & TWC are doing is stepping back out of the spot light so they can do some more behind the doors deals and 'gift buying' for more politicians.
The fact that my network is seeing a 10 fold increased attacks from Russian IP's over the past 2-3 years is enough to lead me to believe what's being said here is true. Still doesn't beat China but Russia is very quickly gaining ground.
Respond, no maybe not but some people might need to see what the messages are. I have software monitoring many servers and they send out txt messages if anything strange is detected. Some are notices and some are critical alerts that do need to responded to right away.
While China still tops the list on my firewalls, Russia has been rapidly raising up over the past few years.
That's why I skip over and ignore all good reviews and just read the bad ones. To many companies pay for good reviews to make their products look good.
Want to bet there will be cron jobs running every few minutes that purge any politicians meta data.
Sounds like Australia is taking tips from China on how to manage Internet users.
That's fine and dandy for you who seem to have the time to manage the systems. You're just one of the extreme few in the world that's willing to do this. Your average person can't do this or doesn't have the time. I use to love building these systems in my younger days but now I don't have the time to do it. I would rather update my data in an encrypted state to some servers that I know have countless forums of redundancy.