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Even if most people were aware of these things, marketers seem to have gotten pretty good at convincing people that everything is totally secure, because most p
by finnn 11y ago
Even if most people were aware of these things, marketers seem to have gotten pretty good at convincing people that everything is totally secure, because most people lack the technical knowledge required to even being to evaluate their claims. "It's secure because we use ENCRYPTION!" would probably be good enough for most.
- CountSessine 11y agoI think frequency and ease of updates can serve as a reasonable proxy for security. By that measure, for example, you should think long and hard before you ever buy a Samsung device that markets itself as 'Smart'.
- potatolicious 11y agoAgree, though pretty much every other player patches on par with, or worse than, Samsung. Realistically the standard is "is it made by Google, Apple, or Microsoft", because pretty much everyone else is shite at it.