If they're looking at this as an either/or question, they're doing it all wrong from the start. Of course most people are educated enough now that they expect some level of security without expecting it to be completely invisible. The trick is figuring out how obtrusive it can be before people will abandon it, and minimizing the user input and slowdown, without a need to completely eliminate either.
And yet it can't even play Spotify using voice control
A major fail. The walled garden works as long as the services you are tied to are actually competitive with the alternatives. Apple Music sucks in terms of compatibility. I want a service I can use to play music anywhere
Do you have to use Apple software or hardware as a sound source? If so, I won't even bother reading reviews, since I've never once used either of these things and have no desire to.
Third parties like content providers and software developers are complicit in stopping you form using your hardware as you choose. One example off the top of my head: not being able to run certain streaming apps on rooted Android devices. If you have the audacity to simply take control of your hardware, some unrelated companies won't let you run their software or buy their content. I suppose they have a right to do this, and their terms of service are probably fairly well written, but that doesn't make them right. I suppose they can put what they want in the TOS though, since you don't have a God-given human right to use Netflix or PS Vue (or whatever) on your own terms.
The real takeaway here: be afraid, VERY AFRAID! *They* are watching, even if your TV doesn't have a camera - *they* are very clever, and have a whole lot of time to waste spying on super-important people like you.
I get it, tons of IOT things are vulnerable to remote hijacking of various types. But I'm not worried about someone changing my volume - I'm sorry for them if that's how they spend their time. This all reminds me of the PSAs on the Justice Network, which are all just a nice cop smiling and telling you to be deathly afraid every time you do things like walk across a parking lot or use an ATM. Be cautious, of course, but if you're afraid all the time then the hackers/terrorists are winning.
If in doubt about a device that suggests it needs network, don't connect the network.
Wait, do you have one of those new-fangled magic smart TVs that can access DirecTV NOW, Netflix, and Amazon without connecting to a network? Good for you, but I'm more than happy to connect my vulnerable TCL to my home network. I mean, I wouldn't connect my refrigerator or my sewing machine, but there's nothing you can do with my TV that concerns me. And I like what the Roku interface can do.
I have a TCL Roku TV, and if you have so much time on your hands that you want to track it down change the volume on me, have at it. I have a great TV that was a true bargain, and there's nothing sensitive stored on it, so I'm happy.
Turns out the wage gap really is simply because of personal choices.
...when it comes to Uber drivers. The unfortunate thing here is that sexists will seize upon this and tout it as evidence that there is no such thing as an unjustified gender pay gap, without acknowledging that the factors causing it here are not relevant to other industries and types of employment.
I don't doubt that female and male Uber drivers might have different driving profiles. That's fine, but when I drove for Uber (briefly) that was how you made money in my area - ferrying drunks to and from bars. Otherwise it meant waiting a while between trips, sometimes quite a long time. Uber was new here at the time and demand during more reasonable times of day has certainly increased, but I'd guess 9pm - 2:30am is probably still the peak time anywhere there is a bar scene, at least.
If you don't want to drive at peak times, that's perfectly acceptable, but the days of the week and times of day need to be factored into any statistical analysis before drawing any conclusions about gender inequity with a company that allows workers to choose when, where and largely how they work. I'm not trying to be contrary or sexist at all, just hoping for good science and statistics.
Can we please stop posting stories about this guy, he is either mentally unstable (in which case he needs help, not an audience, and Slashdot is contributing to the problem) or he is a con man (who should also not be encouraged or given a platform as well...)
The coverage this idiot gets is worse than America's fascination with sports sideshow clown Lavar Ball, and that's saying something. Maybe Big Baller Brand will finance a shitty rocket and the two can go out together at the towering height of 1000 feet, or whatever lame altitude the moron was aiming for. Or could someone at least tell him that a cheap commercial plane ticket will get him way higher than his little toy and its 19th Century technology?
We did pick someone who isn't a traitor. Hopefully he fires the ones who are.
Great idea, because he has such a great track record for filling important jobs and keeping capable people in place for as long as possible. Maybe by the end of his only term (which means he will go down in history like GHW Bush and Jimmy Carter, LOL) he will have nominated people to fill all the vacancies and he can go back to what he's best at without the distractions in his oval-shaped office - watching TV, playing golf badly, cheating on his wife, sexually assaulting women, and lazily defending his companies that file for bankruptcy.
Cause god knows spotting a military base with a shit load of military hardware in it and a dirty great big barbwire fence is impossible without these fitness apps.
My thoughts exactly. Concerning Afghanistan at least (since it was mentioned), the locations of US bases are not exactly unknown. And updated Strava data is not readily available to the public at any time, is it? And elsewhere, any hostile force of serious concern can surely locate significant military facilities without this, right?
I don't think hordes of US Humvees, support vehicles, and encampments are really that hard to identify as such in Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Once you locate a base, major or minor, Google maps combined with five minutes of drone observations can tell you most of what this stuff does.
I have never before heard of analysts being tasked with analyzing other analysts. Thank you for making me aware of this new occupational opportunity.
Thanks for making it clear that you are not an analyst analyst analyst. (There's another one for you if you weren't previously aware of the existence of analyst analysts.)
What, you're telling me that the Taliban doesn't already know where the US is active in Afghanistan? If they do (they do), then this ballyhoo is bollocks, at least in that example.
From the summary, this doesn't look to be a real time map, so I doubt old Strava data is of any significant tactical concern. If I'm wrong, please explain, I'm not just trying to be contrarian.
I wouldn't expect people at an opera to be holding up their phones and carrying on with random conversations either. Don't like the rules, don't go.
So I guess I both agree and disagree with you. It's your money, you do what you want with it, but you could miss out on some great performances just because you don't want to give up your "right" to something.
You also won't see many people in jeans at operas or people in tuxedos at rock concerts, cause rock n' roll ain't opera.
I won't give up my right to not be talked down to, nor my right to see non-egomaniacs who actually appreciate the audiences who pay for their lavish lifestyles, hence I won't pay to see Jack White. His music is good, but it isn't worth dealing with him, so I can stand to miss it. Crowds may be the target of his whiny brand of angst now, but in the past he's started public shit with The Black Keys, Meg White, Billy Childish, journalists, Twitter, Lady Gaga, vegans, the dude from the Von Bondies, etc., etc...
A wise man once told me, if you run into an asshole in the morning, big deal, you ran into an asshole. But if you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole. Jack White is that guy who whines about everyone and everything.
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They were flying at exactly 25k feet for the entire segment of that video?
Which means that they weren't actually concerned/interested enough in that "object" to try to intercept it, got it.
well, it most certainly can't erase it's own past effects on the universe by entering the black hole.
How can you be so sure? if it did, you wouldn't know.
Why would you pay $179 for something that Apple sells for $29?
Because being expensive makes everything better, duh.
If they're looking at this as an either/or question, they're doing it all wrong from the start. Of course most people are educated enough now that they expect some level of security without expecting it to be completely invisible. The trick is figuring out how obtrusive it can be before people will abandon it, and minimizing the user input and slowdown, without a need to completely eliminate either.
And yet it can't even play Spotify using voice control A major fail. The walled garden works as long as the services you are tied to are actually competitive with the alternatives. Apple Music sucks in terms of compatibility. I want a service I can use to play music anywhere
Do you have to use Apple software or hardware as a sound source? If so, I won't even bother reading reviews, since I've never once used either of these things and have no desire to.
Equally obvious alternative title: some audiophile gear is way over-priced.
Of course some people are saying it's better than everything else, it's got an Apple logo on it.
Not saying they're right, but this should not be unexpected.
Third parties like content providers and software developers are complicit in stopping you form using your hardware as you choose. One example off the top of my head: not being able to run certain streaming apps on rooted Android devices. If you have the audacity to simply take control of your hardware, some unrelated companies won't let you run their software or buy their content. I suppose they have a right to do this, and their terms of service are probably fairly well written, but that doesn't make them right. I suppose they can put what they want in the TOS though, since you don't have a God-given human right to use Netflix or PS Vue (or whatever) on your own terms.
The real takeaway here: be afraid, VERY AFRAID! *They* are watching, even if your TV doesn't have a camera - *they* are very clever, and have a whole lot of time to waste spying on super-important people like you.
I get it, tons of IOT things are vulnerable to remote hijacking of various types. But I'm not worried about someone changing my volume - I'm sorry for them if that's how they spend their time. This all reminds me of the PSAs on the Justice Network, which are all just a nice cop smiling and telling you to be deathly afraid every time you do things like walk across a parking lot or use an ATM. Be cautious, of course, but if you're afraid all the time then the hackers/terrorists are winning.
If in doubt about a device that suggests it needs network, don't connect the network.
Wait, do you have one of those new-fangled magic smart TVs that can access DirecTV NOW, Netflix, and Amazon without connecting to a network? Good for you, but I'm more than happy to connect my vulnerable TCL to my home network. I mean, I wouldn't connect my refrigerator or my sewing machine, but there's nothing you can do with my TV that concerns me. And I like what the Roku interface can do.
I have a TCL Roku TV, and if you have so much time on your hands that you want to track it down change the volume on me, have at it. I have a great TV that was a true bargain, and there's nothing sensitive stored on it, so I'm happy.
Turns out the wage gap really is simply because of personal choices.
...when it comes to Uber drivers. The unfortunate thing here is that sexists will seize upon this and tout it as evidence that there is no such thing as an unjustified gender pay gap, without acknowledging that the factors causing it here are not relevant to other industries and types of employment.
Just because it's true in this situation, doesn't make it true in others.
There was a farmer had a dog...
Of course we'll never convince sexists that this does not negate an unjustified gender gap in many other areas.
Or pick up random drunk men when the bars close.
I don't blame them.
I don't doubt that female and male Uber drivers might have different driving profiles. That's fine, but when I drove for Uber (briefly) that was how you made money in my area - ferrying drunks to and from bars. Otherwise it meant waiting a while between trips, sometimes quite a long time. Uber was new here at the time and demand during more reasonable times of day has certainly increased, but I'd guess 9pm - 2:30am is probably still the peak time anywhere there is a bar scene, at least.
If you don't want to drive at peak times, that's perfectly acceptable, but the days of the week and times of day need to be factored into any statistical analysis before drawing any conclusions about gender inequity with a company that allows workers to choose when, where and largely how they work. I'm not trying to be contrary or sexist at all, just hoping for good science and statistics.
Can we please stop posting stories about this guy, he is either mentally unstable (in which case he needs help, not an audience, and Slashdot is contributing to the problem) or he is a con man (who should also not be encouraged or given a platform as well...)
The coverage this idiot gets is worse than America's fascination with sports sideshow clown Lavar Ball, and that's saying something. Maybe Big Baller Brand will finance a shitty rocket and the two can go out together at the towering height of 1000 feet, or whatever lame altitude the moron was aiming for. Or could someone at least tell him that a cheap commercial plane ticket will get him way higher than his little toy and its 19th Century technology?
Clearly the government paid/coerced him not to launch so he can't see and reveal the true nature of our flat Earth.
We did pick someone who isn't a traitor. Hopefully he fires the ones who are.
Great idea, because he has such a great track record for filling important jobs and keeping capable people in place for as long as possible. Maybe by the end of his only term (which means he will go down in history like GHW Bush and Jimmy Carter, LOL) he will have nominated people to fill all the vacancies and he can go back to what he's best at without the distractions in his oval-shaped office - watching TV, playing golf badly, cheating on his wife, sexually assaulting women, and lazily defending his companies that file for bankruptcy.
I would love to see the base commanders go Full Metal Jacket on the soldiers for being so dumb. Fucking meat heads.
How tall are you, private!?!
What part of radio silence is hard? The radio or the silence?
Wait, you don't thinking shouting, "radio silence", makes you invisible like the stealth warplanes Trump spoke so highly of, do you?
My girlfriend's nipples are sensitive.
Is your girlfriend Manti Te'o's ex by any chance, or her sister?
You're not fooling anyone, and you surely don't understand what or who I'm referencing.
What country? Link?
Cause god knows spotting a military base with a shit load of military hardware in it and a dirty great big barbwire fence is impossible without these fitness apps.
My thoughts exactly. Concerning Afghanistan at least (since it was mentioned), the locations of US bases are not exactly unknown. And updated Strava data is not readily available to the public at any time, is it? And elsewhere, any hostile force of serious concern can surely locate significant military facilities without this, right?
I don't think hordes of US Humvees, support vehicles, and encampments are really that hard to identify as such in Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Once you locate a base, major or minor, Google maps combined with five minutes of drone observations can tell you most of what this stuff does.
I have never before heard of analysts being tasked with analyzing other analysts. Thank you for making me aware of this new occupational opportunity.
Thanks for making it clear that you are not an analyst analyst analyst. (There's another one for you if you weren't previously aware of the existence of analyst analysts.)
What, you're telling me that the Taliban doesn't already know where the US is active in Afghanistan? If they do (they do), then this ballyhoo is bollocks, at least in that example.
From the summary, this doesn't look to be a real time map, so I doubt old Strava data is of any significant tactical concern. If I'm wrong, please explain, I'm not just trying to be contrarian.
I wouldn't expect people at an opera to be holding up their phones and carrying on with random conversations either. Don't like the rules, don't go.
So I guess I both agree and disagree with you. It's your money, you do what you want with it, but you could miss out on some great performances just because you don't want to give up your "right" to something.
You also won't see many people in jeans at operas or people in tuxedos at rock concerts, cause rock n' roll ain't opera.
I won't give up my right to not be talked down to, nor my right to see non-egomaniacs who actually appreciate the audiences who pay for their lavish lifestyles, hence I won't pay to see Jack White. His music is good, but it isn't worth dealing with him, so I can stand to miss it. Crowds may be the target of his whiny brand of angst now, but in the past he's started public shit with The Black Keys, Meg White, Billy Childish, journalists, Twitter, Lady Gaga, vegans, the dude from the Von Bondies, etc., etc...
A wise man once told me, if you run into an asshole in the morning, big deal, you ran into an asshole. But if you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole. Jack White is that guy who whines about everyone and everything.