Posts by Colin Ritman 30 publicly visible posts • joined 8 Feb 2019
You truly are a bellend. You totally have control. If you want apple like monthly updates, buy a pixel, if you want shit support buy a Samsung.
You gripe is not with Google or Android, but with whatever OEM you decided to use. Perhaps you need to look past glossy adverts if what you actually care about is support
mess that is Android?
How so? It's the worlds most common operating system, and despite that, it's got a very good track record in terms of security. Take 2019 for example. iOS has 5x more vulnerabilities, and it's closed source, so god knows what other problems are lurking there to be discovered. Android's opensource code means problems are found earlier and fixed earlier.
Cite:
IOS (155, 25 critical)
https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=49&product_id=15556&version_id=&page=1&hasexp=0&opdos=0&opec=0&opov=0&opcsrf=0&opgpriv=0&opsqli=0&opxss=0&opdirt=0&opmemc=0&ophttprs=0&opbyp=0&opfileinc=0&opginf=0&cvssscoremin=0&cvssscoremax=0&year=2019&month=0&cweid=0&order=3&trc=155&sha=9268e05c272522ad7ffb4839270cfc837249a395
Android (31, 9 critical)
https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=1224&product_id=19997&version_id=&page=1&hasexp=0&opdos=0&opec=0&opov=0&opcsrf=0&opgpriv=0&opsqli=0&opxss=0&opdirt=0&opmemc=0&ophttprs=0&opbyp=0&opfileinc=0&opginf=0&cvssscoremin=0&cvssscoremax=0&year=2019&month=0&cweid=0&order=3&trc=31&sha=65688f66fb2607f9ebc84c1102561ceeaf53d8e3
Sorry if this doesn't fit the agenda, but I only works with facts, and don't really let myself get brainwashed by hidden press agendas..
Yep, you can thank the idiot press for that. They bullied Nest into this, by spewing clickbait scare stories about nest security and cameras being hacked. The reality was nothing more than idiot users with already compromised passwords from other internet sites that couldn't be bothered to turn on 2FA.
If you want to blame anyone, blame sites that ran that story. They are ultimately responsible for Nests actions.
Personally, I welcome it. Google have a spotless track record when it comes to security, so it makes sense for nest to leverage that
No it's not, they are removing the APIs that allow extensions to grab all your site information, which is a privacy risk. EFF are hipocrites to the highest degree, they should be welcoming this, but they are complaining that it makes their life harder.
Clearly you are having trouble understanding what this is, and just jumped to the idiot kneejerk reaction.
To assist idiots here are some important bullet points, I will try and keep them short to not over fill their simple minds.
1/ It's a one time code.
2/ it uses independent secure protocol called FIDO (https://fidoalliance.org)
3/ it's substantially more secure than SMS
4/ Most idiots still don't use and second factor
Wondering where you got your 1% number from, or did you pull it out your arse?
I guess you just took the full version Android adoption rates and assumed that the full picture, when its obviously not the full picture, as Android 6,7,8 and 9 are patched every month with the same security fixes, meaning, unlike iOS (which only patches the latest), Android gets patches regardless of latest version uptake, and this number is not reported in an easy way for clickbait hacks to throw together sensational "news".
I'm going to pull a number out my arse, and say 60% of Android devices launched in the last couple of years are running a patch version from 2019... If you cut out the budget sub £100 tat, that number would be closer to 80% given pretty much every OEM has signed support agreements with Google for releasing patches within 180 days if they want to include Google play services on their kit.
Still nice try numpty.
You can't decide AFTER you bought a phone that you cared about support, it's something you need to consider BEFORE you buy. Google provide a very comprehensive list of devices that are signed up for regular patching. You bought something else, how is it anyone's fault but yours???
https://androidenterprisepartners.withgoogle.com/devices/?_ga=2.125959051.785171320.1554194720-578566436.1554194720#!?AER
GDPR and Cooke consent should be worded in a way that states it should take the same number of clicks to consent than it does ti deny. There is no wiggle room on that, and it will fix the websites that have 1 click GDPR consent, and 30+ clicks to deny (newsquest being one of the worst offenders).
The Chinese are smart, they understand status isn't bought (or more likely rented for £50/month idiot contract), status is earnt, there are no shortcuts.
Nothing shouts Bellend louder than a iPhone owner, if you want proof, go take a look at every iphone case on Amazon, and wonder why there is a hole in the back, for the logo to show itself - A Hole for Aholes....
we just ditched all contractors because of this. That was the easy choice, as contractors were mostly a waste of time and money anyway, they didn't have company buy-in, and were only interested in doing stuff that benefited them (either something new/interesting/cool they wanted to learn, or something they did in a previous job that can be shoehorned into the current requirement somehow).
Because he clearly is a moron. This "news" is about abuse of mobile number by Facebook, and he clearly didn't grasp that really simple point, and just fell back to the lame internet moron stance that Google are just as bad (which they aren't, as in my experience, Google do exactly what they state they do, Facebook are the true evil ones, proven now on many occasions).
Actually not surprised, as anyone with even an ounce of technical knowledge, or a par of moderately working ears will know that the built in DAC and analog stage in every phone that has a headphone jack sounds totally shite compared to an inline DAC. Headphone jacks are the integrated soundcards of the mobile world - adequate for casual use, but not very good when you want quality.
I was running a company BBS (Wildcat! BBS), around the birth of the internet existed,well before my tech company understood what the internet did for us, and before most El-reg experts even started shitting in nappies.
Having seem the cesspool of fake news, clickbait "journalism" and GDPR screens the internet has become, it's pretty much the end of the internet now it seems. It's really not worth paying for internet access anymore.
Perhaps you should avoid £50 phones?
Android supports over 10,000 different device models and form factors. Apple support a handful. There is no way this is Google's issue, it's 100% manufacturer and carrier, compounded by idiot consumers like yourself that don't vote with their wallet, and continue to buy tat, and cry about the tat not being well supported.
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