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A friend saw me entering my longish, non-trivial passphrase into my android phone and commented that I must not have many friends if I have to enter this passph
by snassar 10y ago
A friend saw me entering my longish, non-trivial passphrase into my android phone and commented that I must not have many friends if I have to enter this passphrase every time to use my phone.
For a moment I was torn between being proud in my passphrase and sad at my lack of friends.
- gcr 10y agoYou bring up an interesting UX issue. If I need to be constantly available to my friends, "number of seconds to a text reply" is something that I need to minimize. Longer passphrases prevent me from sending quick replies.
- 616c 10y agoSome of my more sophisticated friends take this a step further and taunt me for not securely hiding notifications and buying a smart watch. This confuses me because Bluetooth over the air does not strike me a secure mechanism (is it just Bluetooth; ironically scant detail unless my Google-fu is off, likely at this hour for me). http://www.wareable.com/android-wear/android-wear-hack-alert-signalled-by-security-expert-581 http://www.wareable.com/android-wear/android-wear-hack-alert... And do I need yet another smart device? The mobile first movement, with shinier crap, moving away from standard protocols, leads me to believe I have been passively perpetuating the biggest wart on computer science's labors. I am kind of embarassed, a few years in and late to the party, I bought an Android phone at all.
- kevin_thibedeau 10y agoWhat's sad is your friend's superficial criteria for judging sociability.