Still a lot more daunting than the 26 character latin alphabet. I'll get around to it at some point I hope. But right now I'm more focused on trying to be able to hold a conversation that doesn't involve ordering a round of beer.
CarrierIQ doesn't bypass the permissions system, it bypasses the user (which is a different problem entirely). So no, there isn't.
Yup. I bet I could have dug up more with a little effort. But seriously all that stuff is on the front page of Google if you just do a search against your username.
I've tried tinyeye before. But it's pretty unreliable and only really seems to work with photos and not images. Probably because it works by reading the EXIF data.
Wait, you actually NEED the circle pad attachment in order to move and shoot? Are people still claiming that this thing is optional?
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I guess as long as it isn't running and shooting it can avoid the dudebro fate. But I'll have wait and see.
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I guess as long as it isn't running and shooting it can avoid the dudebro fate. But I'll have wait and see.
I'm not sure but I think you could. But Dead Space relied on other mechanisms to keep the tension up. I guess if they implemented some of those it wouldn't be too bad.
Well it's more Google in general they rag on, but Gizmodo does it frequently. But it's cute how you jumped to play the "fanboy" card.
Do you carry cash in a wallet? Congratulations, you're already trusting something less secure than Google wallet, and your debit and credit cards.
one seems a slightly less imminent threat given that it requires physical possession of your phone
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BOTH methods required physical access to your phone. And not only that this method required that you hadn't set a lock screen password either. But frankly neither problem was worth a massive freak out because they required your phone to be not be in your possession and unsecured. In which case you had much much bigger problems to worry about, like the new owner having access to your email, personal info etc.
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Oh and the other exploit requires that the phone already be rooted according to Google. Either way neither issue was ever a major problem.
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BOTH methods required physical access to your phone. And not only that this method required that you hadn't set a lock screen password either. But frankly neither problem was worth a massive freak out because they required your phone to be not be in your possession and unsecured. In which case you had much much bigger problems to worry about, like the new owner having access to your email, personal info etc.
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Oh and the other exploit requires that the phone already be rooted according to Google. Either way neither issue was ever a major problem.
There's no real way to easily bypass a permissions system, you're either authorized or you're not. These apps aren't clever, users are just stupid. But at least on the market as opposed to the app store you can spot the malware before you install it.
As the Noble robot explained an app has to declare what permissions it requires. If it tries to access anything it doesn't have permission for then it fails. It'd be like trying to open a locked door without a key (and crowbars don't work). When you install the app it asks for a key for every door it needs to open and is locked out of everything else it doesn't request a key for.
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And try as you might, you can never account for stupid users who'll hand over the key to the vault for the promise of a porno magazine.
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And try as you might, you can never account for stupid users who'll hand over the key to the vault for the promise of a porno magazine.
Exactly it's a permissions system. Can't open the lock without the key. For all his genius in business Jobs always struck me as a buffoon when it came to technology.
That's not the responsibility of the companies to enforce though. It's your responsibility to keep your data out of the hands of Larry and his ilk.
Only for apps that actually have legitimate reason to look through your contacts. The problem is the address book can be accessed at any time by any app. If you install a calculator there's nothing stopping it rifling through your contacts. Zero transparency.
And you rag on Google all the time despite the fact that Android has a clear cut permissions system which means that to do anything with certain services or features an app has to have the appropriate permission. When you install an app you can see what permissions it's requesting and either accept that or cancel the installation. If you install a calculator and it wants to access your contacts then you know something is fishy.
The problem with the app store is there's zero transparency on what apps can do what. Which makes it so much easier to slip crap under the radar.
Oh come on. If I'm playing a game filled with zombies and a fairly ridiculous plot and a guy with biceps wider than his head do you really think that the fact I can't do something I could do in real life is really a pressing issue? Realism schmealism. Reality is the first thing that gets axed to make games fun.
Yeah, it's definitely something you have to plan for if you want to see it. I'm going during May this year so that'll be too late for it. And I went in June last time, June is not a great time to go. Thankfully the rainy season came late that year, but it was still silly hot.
They only bloom for a short while in spring unfortunately. One of these days I'll actually visit in Spring, this year I'm going during late spring/early summer in May.
I only ever found the written language complex (for good reason), the spoken language is actually fairly straight forward. Reading is damn impossible though, I still don't know any Kanji but I'm going to make an effort to learn the numbers by the next time I go at least. I can read Hiragana and Katakana though, and katakana is useful because it's nearly only ever used to write loan words.
You don't need to know that much to get around though. Mostly I just used my limited Japanese to order food and drink. And one time I had to ask where an opticians was. And of course every person I asked had no idea.
Japan is a crazy juxtaposition of old and new, natural and urban, traditional and modern. It's incredibly striking. I still remember the views from the windows on the train ride from Kansai International into Osaka the first time I went there.
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Curses Ashcraft, I don't leave for Osaka until May. Why do you have to make me wish I was leaving tomorrow?
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Curses Ashcraft, I don't leave for Osaka until May. Why do you have to make me wish I was leaving tomorrow?
