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fasj82on I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

No, they should've designed it correctly in the first place.

fasj82on I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

The sensors should store the information inside themselves and then sync with the mobile when I open the app. No need to have my mobile awake all the time for something like that.

fasj82on Medium tries to prevent people reading deleted articles on the Wayback Machine?

>It's OK to make mistakes.

We should punish mistakes. Especially stupid mistakes.

fasj82on I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

>- Background tasks

That's bad

fasj82on I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

Then you call Apple. A guy comes and picks your mobile up, and then another guy comes and gives you a new mobile.

fasj82on Jan Koum to leave after broad clashes with Facebook

WhatsApp had 55 employees and I'd say it had no marketing to speak of.

fasj82on Jan Koum to leave after broad clashes with Facebook

Do you need more than $10M/year for 450M users? As I've said in another comment they barely stored anything server-side and it's known they have a very optimised stack

fasj82on Jan Koum to leave after broad clashes with Facebook

It does not take much money to run a messenger, especially one that does not store conversations or files server-side once they are delivered.

fasj82on Twitter also sold data access to Cambridge Analytica researcher

It's not an adversarial-y written EULA, it's something like this

https://img.ientry.com/webpronews/article_pics/facebook-perm...

If you can't read and understand that I'm sure you can collect disability checks from the government

fasj82on Twitter also sold data access to Cambridge Analytica researcher

>They didn’t realize quiz apps would harvest a huge amount of data about their profiles.

They would've known, had they read the dialog they had to accept to access their much desired quiz.

fasj82on Facebook Median Pay now $240k

Wow, racial slurs. I'm sure that can trigger some kind of trauma on them

fasj82on France seizes france.com from man who's had it since 1994

I'm not saying this is a squatter.

fasj82on France seizes france.com from man who's had it since 1994

Maybe I'm weird but I think France.com belonging to France is the just thing. The last thing we need is giving more rights to squatters.

fasj82on Tell HN: Sci-Hub's TLS certificate has started failing

To disable HSTS permanently just do this: https://security.stackexchange.com/a/102315

fasj82on Kasparov versus the World

Checkmate, democracy.

fasj82on Whatsapp user’s IP disclosure with Link Preview feature

I'm shocked that something this obvious has not been worked around.

fasj82on Whatsapp user’s IP disclosure with Link Preview feature

Maybe it's me, but this is really, really bad. Probably because I come from an IRC background.

I had assumed these request were proxified, but I didn't realise that would go against E2E. Now I'd like to see an option to disable these previews.

fasj82on Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering

Obviously? You can't imagine what % of money you could lose when you launder using other methods. Also this one is totally safe... compared to some other ones ;)

fasj82on A coworker stole my spicy food, got sick, and is blaming me (2016)

Can't compare coffee capsules to food you cooked yourself.

fasj82on Features of a successful therapeutic fast of 382 days' duration (1973)

Why is this a bad idea, supposing you are fat enough to do it?

fasj82on Theology majors marry each other a lot, but business majors don’t

Remove the end of the url "?w=500"

I use the Imagus addon which does this kind of stuff automatically

fasj82on Theology majors marry each other a lot, but business majors don’t

https://familyinequality.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/spouse-...

fasj82on Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denuclearization

Don't forget about the sanctions.