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> It implies that are entire teams of engineers out there whose sole job it is to play cat&mouse with reverse engineers and nothing more Do you think the same
by dylz 6y ago
> It implies that are entire teams of engineers out there whose sole job it is to play cat&mouse with reverse engineers and nothing more
Do you think the same thing of anti-spam teams too? This is pretty much just anti-spam/anti-abuse.
- tekknik 6y agoPersonally I don’t see these as the same. These attempts to prevent RE are mostly moot as the machine needs to interpret the code, so therefore it must be valid code and some of this either bloats the binary or decreases performance. The user pays for these inefficiencies (and are therefore user hostile) and in the case of battery powered devices incur additional costs through premature battery wear.
- dylz 6y agoSnap is not usually something the user scrolls through all day (akin to FB/Insta infinite scroll); it's typically send a message or nude/recieve a message or nude and then backgrounded. There is a rare case where people watch clickbait ads for hours but that's usually plugged in laying in bed with nothing better to do
- tekknik 6y agoI very much beg to differ. Spend some time around the younger generations and you’ll see that you will have a hard time getting them to look away long enough to realize you’re even there.
- dylz 6y agoI am one of them - Snap is generally not a "browse forever nonstop" engagement tool that's typical and standard behaviour for TikTok/FB/IG, it's actually somewhat used as a messaging tool (not that it precludes an excessively high volume of messages and groupchats)
- tekknik 6y agoWell then I guess the others I see non stop using it must be figments of my imagination then and that somehow this all means obfuscation is now efficient. Also go search google, a 2 second search disproves you.