While there are programs which will start others up, they wouldn't normally be able to turn on these 3 things when all else is turned off
Incorrect; it is very possible for apps to be given access to control those options (for examples, see every 'power widget' in Google Play). I have no idea what apps you may have that could do that, but again, this is very possible and not abnormal at all.
The HuffPo link references the NFC 'hack' that refers to a device state that describes roughly 0% of Android phones in the field (ie, pre-Android 4.x with NFC enabled). Basically non-news in the world of phone exploits.
While I certainly feel for you, I (as do many others here) truly believe this is a very specific situation in which a conclusion of hacking was jumped to far too quickly, and probably erroneously; the evidence is too anecdotal and not technical enough.
Check out the other links from this story's summary, specifically this one. Looks like people in the know are already trying to check out how to get a 'regular' linux distro running on it. I've already preordered one, assuming that I *will* be able to install Ubuntu on it soon, which will make this a perfect cheap laptop for development (I do a lot of scripting, so basically just need a decent text editor and python/perl), email, and ssh.
Well, all *I* was trying to do was fix the original submission. That said, I do actually like a lot of Engadget writeups, and unlike MANY other ad-filled hit-whore websites, Engadget always links to the actual source.
I've purchased shittily made 3rd party micro-USB adapters (usually car chargers, or those 'universal' charge kits), but the stock ones that come with phones (I've had Motorola, HTC, and Samsung) have been very well built. I never really had trouble with orientation when plugging in, but I understand how that can be an issue.
I feel for my iPhone-owning friends, the new adapter thing is ridiculous. I fully love taking advantage of being able to charge my phone just about wherever I go, since a lot of people I know have micro-USB cables lying around somewhere.
That sounds cool, I wonder if they'd also consider something like that. The immediate downside I can think of, though, is that it may be a lot harder to reliably position those balloons, compared with a space object with its own directed propulsion.
Disagree; that's probably far more wasteful than one (or even a few) 'space garbage disposals'. From a basic physics perspective, you're then having to spend energy to slow both the junk and the 'disposable satellite' (requiring fuel, not the much cheaper transient gas cloud), and you have a 1:1 ratio of disposal satellites to junk. AND you have engineer something that can latch onto many different sizes and shapes of junk up there. It wouldn't surprise me if Boeing already considered that way, and came up with this (more ingenuous) method.
Well, I tried to read TFPA, and IANARS (rocket scientist), but I suspect that they're able to get the math right such that they can target very specific areas.
I have disabled that feature more than once, since it somehow magically gets reset to "enabled"
This I don't understand - I, too, dislike/don't use facebook chat, but I have turned it off once and haven't had it reset on me. Also, it appears to be a server-side setting, as logging in with other browsers/other machines keeps me offline with the list minimized. If yours keeps getting reset, that's a perfect time to open a bug with facebook devs (which is easy, and they amazingly do respond).
I'm not really arguing in defense of facebook (I wholeheartedly agree that users are the actual 'product') - I just think that users need to adopt some responsibility for managing their own privacy, which includes both staying on top of the service's privacy controls, and being aware of what you're posting.
When this first started being posted around facebook, I had a few friends that insisted their actual private messages were being displayed, even after being presented with evidence to the contrary.
I do find it interesting that so many of us users have essentially forgotten or misremembered how our facebook socializing has changed with updates over the years.
Not true - you're still given an option to sign up for it (and they try hard to get you), but it's definitely not automatically done. Same thing occurs when you create a new gmail account from an Android phone - it prompts you to join G+, but does not force you.
As sort of an off-topic aside to this, I *hate* these kinds of games, because they're not "MMOs" like they claim, they just force their users to do marketing for them to increase the amount of advertising they send to people. And actually, they're not games, they're just revenue machines for lazy people taking advantage of peoples' desires to level up.
Thankfully, they're usually easy to avoid - you can always tell it's one of these when users post their game IDs in their reviews, asking you to "add me please!!".
So if I'm a friend of person A and person B and both have not SPECIFICALLY disabled my ability to see them and I enable viewing all from both, I get to see what person A says to person B.
not wall posts - messages
Facebook messages cannot be seen by anyone other than the sender and recipient(s). It has always been like that. Again, it's just people not understanding the difference between old wall posts (which weren't broadcasted to everyone, but were still visible if you viewed someone's wall) and actual messages.
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Incorrect; it is very possible for apps to be given access to control those options (for examples, see every 'power widget' in Google Play). I have no idea what apps you may have that could do that, but again, this is very possible and not abnormal at all.
Can you post some of the Bluetooth hack-related info you found? I'm honestly not finding anything concrete from some cursory Googling.
The HuffPo link references the NFC 'hack' that refers to a device state that describes roughly 0% of Android phones in the field (ie, pre-Android 4.x with NFC enabled). Basically non-news in the world of phone exploits.
While I certainly feel for you, I (as do many others here) truly believe this is a very specific situation in which a conclusion of hacking was jumped to far too quickly, and probably erroneously; the evidence is too anecdotal and not technical enough.
Check out the other links from this story's summary, specifically this one. Looks like people in the know are already trying to check out how to get a 'regular' linux distro running on it. I've already preordered one, assuming that I *will* be able to install Ubuntu on it soon, which will make this a perfect cheap laptop for development (I do a lot of scripting, so basically just need a decent text editor and python/perl), email, and ssh.
Well, all *I* was trying to do was fix the original submission. That said, I do actually like a lot of Engadget writeups, and unlike MANY other ad-filled hit-whore websites, Engadget always links to the actual source.
...and currently just links to the main Engadget page. Please fix by taking out that extra L at the end of the link:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/08/samsung-releases-galaxy-note-ii-source-code/
I've purchased shittily made 3rd party micro-USB adapters (usually car chargers, or those 'universal' charge kits), but the stock ones that come with phones (I've had Motorola, HTC, and Samsung) have been very well built. I never really had trouble with orientation when plugging in, but I understand how that can be an issue.
I feel for my iPhone-owning friends, the new adapter thing is ridiculous. I fully love taking advantage of being able to charge my phone just about wherever I go, since a lot of people I know have micro-USB cables lying around somewhere.
Dammit, icebike, I was just trying out some material for my Boeing/space junk standup routine!
Yeah it definitely sounds worth exploring. Sooo, basically I'm expecting another /. article announcing gestalt_n_pepper's "balloon of death" patent application shortly.
Boeing:
Agreed. Doing stuff (reliably) in space is very tough and requires some really smart people.
That sounds cool, I wonder if they'd also consider something like that. The immediate downside I can think of, though, is that it may be a lot harder to reliably position those balloons, compared with a space object with its own directed propulsion.
Really?
Disagree; that's probably far more wasteful than one (or even a few) 'space garbage disposals'. From a basic physics perspective, you're then having to spend energy to slow both the junk and the 'disposable satellite' (requiring fuel, not the much cheaper transient gas cloud), and you have a 1:1 ratio of disposal satellites to junk. AND you have engineer something that can latch onto many different sizes and shapes of junk up there. It wouldn't surprise me if Boeing already considered that way, and came up with this (more ingenuous) method.
Well, I tried to read TFPA, and IANARS (rocket scientist), but I suspect that they're able to get the math right such that they can target very specific areas.
Whoa, really? What are the two ways? I haven't run into this before.
This I don't understand - I, too, dislike/don't use facebook chat, but I have turned it off once and haven't had it reset on me. Also, it appears to be a server-side setting, as logging in with other browsers/other machines keeps me offline with the list minimized. If yours keeps getting reset, that's a perfect time to open a bug with facebook devs (which is easy, and they amazingly do respond).
I'm not really arguing in defense of facebook (I wholeheartedly agree that users are the actual 'product') - I just think that users need to adopt some responsibility for managing their own privacy, which includes both staying on top of the service's privacy controls, and being aware of what you're posting.
Are you referring to anything specific?
When this first started being posted around facebook, I had a few friends that insisted their actual private messages were being displayed, even after being presented with evidence to the contrary.
I do find it interesting that so many of us users have essentially forgotten or misremembered how our facebook socializing has changed with updates over the years.
Not true - you're still given an option to sign up for it (and they try hard to get you), but it's definitely not automatically done. Same thing occurs when you create a new gmail account from an Android phone - it prompts you to join G+, but does not force you.
As sort of an off-topic aside to this, I *hate* these kinds of games, because they're not "MMOs" like they claim, they just force their users to do marketing for them to increase the amount of advertising they send to people. And actually, they're not games, they're just revenue machines for lazy people taking advantage of peoples' desires to level up.
Thankfully, they're usually easy to avoid - you can always tell it's one of these when users post their game IDs in their reviews, asking you to "add me please!!".
In a friendlier note, I also went to UW (assuming it's the same one).
Your Facebook must be broken. The articles linked to this story correctly describe how it's working for everyone else.
Facebook messages cannot be seen by anyone other than the sender and recipient(s). It has always been like that. Again, it's just people not understanding the difference between old wall posts (which weren't broadcasted to everyone, but were still visible if you viewed someone's wall) and actual messages.
Why not? It's new and interesting tech news, and this is /.