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Pushing configurations to devices has been around for at least 2 decades. Everybody does it and unless we are bashing big companies, we usually agree on "automa
by jlg23 8y ago
Pushing configurations to devices has been around for at least 2 decades. Everybody does it and unless we are bashing big companies, we usually agree on "automatic software updates are a good thing(tm)". I don't see any difference between software or configuration updates, after all you can do the latter through the former anyways.
- dx87 8y agoI don't think people are upset that Google could change settings or software, they're upset at the lack of technical controls that allowed Google to accidentally push out settings changes to user's devices, and the lack of security measures in the OS that allows that accidental settings change to be done without any sort of notification to the user. It'd be like your bank accidentally moving your money to another account; you know that they need the ability to transfer funds as part of their job, but they should have better internal processes that prevents them from accidentally doing it.