I have been a disciple of wobbly windows since they graced Compiz in the Year of Our Jiggle 2006. Often have I taken solace in their bounciness.

I, for one, welcome our new jiggle physics overlords.

As someone in the software/networking space, I have a hard time with the author’s lack of attribution of the control/evasion characteristics of networks to people (developers of protocols, network operators, and users). Yeah, he admits the MPAA exists, but dude doesn’t mention Bram Cohen.

Describing files as “artificial life” in

Because peer-to-peer networks on which all files replicate are unpredictable complex systems, the files themselves can be seen as a form of nonorganic life. The reproduction of files can be described with a family tree in the same way that genetic family trees show the relationships between biological relatives.

is tortured.

Yeah, control/evasion is an arms race, but it isn’t meaningfully described as interactions within file sharing networks. It’s interactions between people, institutions, laws, legislators, courts, and software owned by different actors.

Generally speaking, no programmable networked device is guaranteed to be under your control.

You can make strong arguments about certain types of hardware and software, but it is always possible that it contains a backdoor from the manufacturer, and it is almost guaranteed that it has multiple vulnerabilities that would give a remote attacker full control.

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Edit: Generally, I agree with the sentiment that things shouldn’t be this way, but that’s the world we live in. Given how we build software and hardware, we need to be able to update our devices to fix vulnerabilities. As long as that requirement exists, no device can be considered trustworthy.

Wear cargo pants or a jacket, solipsist.

The Photos editor menu is incredibly unintuitive. I hope this update makes it a little easier to use.

In theory the biometric data lives in a special part of the phone hardware that the software can’t (generally) access. It’s one of the big deals about phone biometrics - it should be really hard to leak.

AFAIU, the fingerprint stored on the phone is incredibly low quality, so I’m not sure how much value it would have.

Could they mess with that? Yes. Is there profit in getting a really low quality hash of every user’s fingerprint? Probably not worth the hassle.

Lemmy has no chill

You’re getting downvotes, but I get the vibe that most of the c/android users either use Graphene or aspire to. So you’re not wrong.

(I’m in the aspire camp)

Search around. I think Google has “certified” some repair chains, so it’s probably pretty easy to find someone who will do a decent job.

I really like dbrand cases. They still stock Pixel 6a cases.

That’s what I’m hoping for. I doubt I’ll use it, but I really liked the idea.

Does that mean desktop mode will be available by default? Some of the earlier reporting said it was hidden behind flags and may never see general release.

“dingus” is so judgemental.

What about a formal “my good fellow”? Or a friendly “brah”? Perhaps “bean-breath” if you want to push the Lemmy in jokes? Or even “dawg”?

That’s a really interesting set of protections: they’re targeting categories of scams and trying to prevent them.

I can see that causing a lot of problems for people walking relatives through legit tech support, but if it prevent vulnerable people from getting scammed, that may be worth it.

👁️^👄👁️

I appreciate the bigger/thicker fonts and icons.

One of the many reasons I don’t want to own a pet is saying goodbye. I hope you both get to enjoy each other’s company for a long time yet.

bu mah uhptahm

Google cut nearly a thousand other employees in its Pixel, Nest, Fitbit and Voice Assistant units in January this year, while it cut “only a few teams” in its Cloud Computing division in February. The largest round of cuts came in early 2023 when Google’s parent firm Alphabet announced it would cut 12 000 jobs, or six percent of its global workforce.

Ouch