* Posts by definingsound

4 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Nov 2015

IT bloke: Crooks stole my bikes after cycling app blabbed my address

definingsound

Re: 'Worthwhile'

Would love to see those antlers! Myself I'd be too nervous about goring myself to go that hardcore in an effort to prevent theft.

Apple's Watch charging pad proves Cupertino still screwing buyers

definingsound

Re: This kind of crap is why I won't buy Apple products....

Lightning chargers are clearly better. They are reversible, thinner, and more robust, than micro-USB. Furthermore, lightning has now been engineered to support USB 3.0 (with the iPad Pro). Have you seen the micro-USB 3.0? It is a step backwards, comparable in size to the legacy Apple iPhone connector that made its final appearance on the iPhone 4s. The micro-USB 3.0 is on the Galaxy Note 3, it's big, it's fugly.

definingsound

Re: Powering up reality distortion field now...

The $10 Qi chargers on eBay are garbage. They don't work well, if they work at all, and reviews suggest they might be a fire hazard. So let's not compare apples to oranges.

An Apple Watch replacement cable is $30, we all know these can fray and break. A wireless charger should be able to last as long as the device itself, considering there is no mechanical interaction with the user. Apple sells a wireless replacement, with (in this case) a $50 premium over the cable.

If Apple were to sell these for $30, they would cannibalize their own replacement cable sales.

BlackBerry Priv: Enterprise Android in a snazzy but functional package

definingsound
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commentard proves elite status with Fawkes mask

Android users can tick a single box in the device settings, and sideload apps from any website. Android devices are often laggard in receiving updates, or completely unsupported. Consequently there are "abundant and sprawling" vulnerabilities for an Android device.

Contrastingly, iOS users are forced to visit Apple's app store for downloads, and devices are supported with every iteration of the iOS software.

There have been some incursions into Apple's "walled garden" (i.e. XcodeGhost), but the attack vectors are fewer, and more difficult to implement, relative to Android.

It's not hearsay, it's day to day usage. Android piracy usage has been described at 95%, and iOS piracy at a much lower 60%. Android users cause the insecurity they suffer, through their own actions.