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Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Literal Garbage

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Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

qirex posted:

I was just trying to be polite

it does have a pretty deece camera, actually. no IS though, unless there's some software compensation

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually

Blue Train posted:

Literal Garbage
shirley manson :allears:

pram
Jun 10, 2001

Cybernetic Vermin posted:

last time i had an android phone it used to randomly wake me up in the middle of the night with a loud notification sound which informed me that a system component had crashed (did not respect the volume controls or setting it to silent), took me an age to figure out what the pattern was: it would eventually crash if i placed it on a library book on my bedside table, the nfc implementation kept attempting to talk to the nfc tag in the book, and its negotiation attempts with this mysterious object the nfc subsystem would (sometimes) crash

that is my android story

lol

~Coxy
Dec 9, 2003

R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

Cybernetic Vermin posted:

it would eventually crash if i placed it on a library book on my bedside table, the nfc implementation kept attempting to talk to the nfc tag in the book, and its negotiation attempts with this mysterious object the nfc subsystem would (sometimes) crash

real world fuzzing

ClassActionFursuit
Mar 15, 2006

Cybernetic Vermin posted:

last time i had an android phone it used to randomly wake me up in the middle of the night with a loud notification sound which informed me that a system component had crashed (did not respect the volume controls or setting it to silent), took me an age to figure out what the pattern was: it would eventually crash if i placed it on a library book on my bedside table, the nfc implementation kept attempting to talk to the nfc tag in the book, and its negotiation attempts with this mysterious object the nfc subsystem would (sometimes) crash

that is my android story

around 2011 i had a coworker who had some really cheap no name android that would make the weirdest sound just sitting there. it was kind of like some kind of whistle like you get when you put magnets near a speaker but it was at this impossibly high frequency and so faint you were sure if you were really hearing it. it was maddening.

on top of that it would for no reason start playing some ringtone over and over only the tone itself wasnt on the phone as far as i could tell it didnt show up in any of the tone lists so it had to have been a system sound of some kind. it sounded like an old telephone with a bell and it would play it again at the faintest level just to the point where you werent sure if it was in your head. no notification or anything at all would be on the phone itself indicating something was happening and the phone seemed to operate normally while it was occurring and there was no way to stop it at all it would just ring ring ring for hours at a time at just below a whisper

Generic Monk
Oct 31, 2011

LastInLine posted:

around 2011 i had a coworker who had some really cheap no name android that would make the weirdest sound just sitting there. it was kind of like some kind of whistle like you get when you put magnets near a speaker but it was at this impossibly high frequency and so faint you were sure if you were really hearing it. it was maddening.

on top of that it would for no reason start playing some ringtone over and over only the tone itself wasnt on the phone as far as i could tell it didnt show up in any of the tone lists so it had to have been a system sound of some kind. it sounded like an old telephone with a bell and it would play it again at the faintest level just to the point where you werent sure if it was in your head. no notification or anything at all would be on the phone itself indicating something was happening and the phone seemed to operate normally while it was occurring and there was no way to stop it at all it would just ring ring ring for hours at a time at just below a whisper

anroid - indistinguishable from the early symptoms of severe mental illness

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl
lol so when do you guys think goog's gonna put out a patch for KRACK

ClassActionFursuit
Mar 15, 2006

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

lol so when do you guys think goog's gonna put out a patch for KRACK

in seven days when the next security patch comes im p. sure they said that when it was announced

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



LastInLine posted:

in seven days when the next security patch comes im p. sure they said that when it was announced

and when will more than 1% of androids actually get it

champagne posting
Apr 5, 2006

YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER

Endless Mike posted:

and when will more than 1% of androids actually get it

most likely never

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

Endless Mike posted:

and when will more than 1% of androids actually get it

2765

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We

LastInLine posted:

in seven days when the next security patch comes im p. sure they said that when it was announced

considering vendors have been KRACK-aware for most of the year and how long it takes for android patches to filter through that seems pretty shameful

Midjack
Dec 24, 2007



Bulgogi Hoagie posted:

considering vendors have been KRACK-aware for most of the year and how long it takes for android patches to filter through that seems pretty shameful

only 0.5% of anroid devices are actively supported at any given time, so never

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

Endless Mike posted:

and when will more than 1% of androids actually get it

I dunno, when’s the heat death of the universe?

cause it’ll probably be a couple days after that

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
i had to reset an openwrt router i had that got corrupted somehow during a power surge. when i updated it there was a new option for krack mitigation!

didnt bother using it though cuz who gives a crap. i use windows and ios.

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Shinku ABOOKEN posted:

i had to reset an openwrt router i had that got corrupted somehow during a power surge. when i updated it there was a new option for krack mitigation!

didnt bother using it though cuz who gives a crap. i use windows and ios.

you probably still want to enable it

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:
anroid

ClassActionFursuit
Mar 15, 2006

Endless Mike posted:

and when will more than 1% of androids actually get it

samsung is actually p. good about pushing security patches afaik but im sure thats only for the galaxy s and note devices so im sure within a month youll see more than 1% but youll never see more 50% (no idea what the percentage of google phones plus samsung flagships is but im sure its less than half)

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl
one of my coworkers has a galaxy s7 edge and last week he was still on the august security update

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

one of my coworkers has a galaxy s7 edge and last week he was still on the august security update

that's still more recent than most androids

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
this bug likely requires fixes by the SoC and WiFi vendors. I’m sure it’s their first priority to update devices they already sold.

atomicthumbs
Dec 26, 2010


We're in the business of extending man's senses.
my google nexus 4 is patched for KRACK

EL BROMANCE
Jun 10, 2006

COWABUNGA DUDES!
🥷🐢😬



august of which year?

atomicthumbs
Dec 26, 2010


We're in the business of extending man's senses.
Please, Google Now, I really can't take any more news about killed and tortured children from around the world every morning! (self.Android)

quote:

I have a young daughter and I'm sure my Google search results reflect that.

"Google Now" however, interprets this interest as "Totally ruin this guy's day by telling him about every single gruesome crime against or accident involving young children in this world every single morning".

[...]

There's no "Not interested in /keyword/?" option above these articles, I see no way to disable them. I can block the source it's coming from but Google Now pulls these form all different sources.

Most other things Google Now shows me are reasonably relevant to my interests and I'm hesitant to give up on an otherwise useful service over this but I really feel like it may be better for my sanity in the long run.

And child related news technically are relevant as well ... I'd love to know when there is a puppet theater for kids in the neighboring town or when a new playground opens or when there's a fun event at the nearby zoo. And Google Now often shows these as well. [...]
tl;dr: Please, Google Now, I can't take much more news about dead and abused children ... I just can't.

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

iPhones do this poo poo a lot too. if trump does some egregiously stupid thing, I’ll get five alerts of the same news story about how it will totally destroy the world/the us/poor people/republicans

a keyword filter would absolutely be a nice thing to have to filter out most of the poo poo but maybe just one alert for a news story would be good too

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

My Linux Rig posted:

iPhones do this poo poo a lot too. if trump does some egregiously stupid thing, I’ll get five alerts of the same news story about how it will totally destroy the world/the us/poor people/republicans

a keyword filter would absolutely be a nice thing to have to filter out most of the poo poo but maybe just one alert for a news story would be good too

just get zero alerts for news, it's fine

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



Cocoa Crispies posted:

just get zero alerts for news, it's fine

yeah, this

or get like the nyt app and just have that send breaking news or whatever

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

i get all of my news from c-spam

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

Cocoa Crispies posted:

just get zero alerts for news, it's fine

yeah good point, I’ll just turn off the notifications for it

A Pinball Wizard
Mar 23, 2005

I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands

College Slice
I installed my hometown news stations app, so Ill know if ww3 starts but I don't get Trump fuckup of the day, plus I get caterpillar earning reports right away. very needs suiting

not so needs suiting is Google maps insisting that the Morgan St ramp on 290 is open when it's not and hasn't been for like 3 years. if I jump the barrier I can shave 4 min off my commute tho!

ClassActionFursuit
Mar 15, 2006

My Linux Rig posted:

iPhones do this poo poo a lot too. if trump does some egregiously stupid thing, I’ll get five alerts of the same news story about how it will totally destroy the world/the us/poor people/republicans

a keyword filter would absolutely be a nice thing to have to filter out most of the poo poo but maybe just one alert for a news story would be good too

it took me forever to convince google to stop showing me news about trump

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
single camera bokeh continues to be garbage
left is Pixel 2, right is iPhone.

https://twitter.com/mattbirchler/status/923614348169437185

ClassActionFursuit
Mar 15, 2006

The Management posted:

single camera bokeh continues to be garbage
left is Pixel 2, right is iPhone.

https://twitter.com/mattbirchler/status/923614348169437185

ill keep that in mind next time i have to take a picture of a ghost

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

i thought it was all about dxomarks now after that one android site ran a double blind survey and the iphone won

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

carry on then posted:

i thought it was all about dxomarks now after that one android site ran a double blind survey and the iphone won

look at that picture. it has terrible fake blur applied to the foreground object and some weird artifacts around it. this is garbage tier

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

The study from mobile defense specialist Skycure analyzed patch updates among the five leading wireless carriers in the US and finds that 71 percent of mobile devices still run on security patches more than two months old.

This is despite Google releasing Android patches every month, indeed six percent of devices are running patches that are six or more months old. Without the most updated patches, these devices are susceptible to attacks, including rapidly rising network attacks and new malware, also detailed in the report.

The report shows Android vulnerabilities rose in 2016 to more than four times the number in 2015. Almost half of these vulnerabilities allow excessive privileges, while others allow other effects, like leakage of information, corrupted memory, or arbitrary code execution. Carriers must make Android patches available to their users before they can patch their devices, Skycure analyzed devices on AT&T, MetroPCS, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon to determine the age distribution of security patches on the leading carriers.

Among specific findings are that the most recent security patch released by Google has only been adopted by a very small percentage of the devices. Though Skycure reports that AT&T users are up to ten times more likely to have this latest patch installed. Among the five major US carriers, MetroPCS had the highest percentage of devices with patches more than three months old, making their devices the most susceptible to attack.

Best Bi Geek Squid
Mar 25, 2016

Blue Train posted:

Among the five major US carriers, MetroPCS had the highest percentage of devices with patches more than three months old, making their devices the most susceptible to attack.



:thunk:

Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

i'm not sure if an area chart is appropriate here

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Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Yea it seemed like an odd choice

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