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by McDev 6y ago
Curiosity (stupidity?) got the better of me and I ended up awake until 2am fixing this last night on my Pixel 3a. I was fortunate enough to have developer mode & USB debugging enabled, which allowed me to install some code to clear the
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PrivacyBreacher – An app showcasing the privacy issues in Android(github.com)
7 points by McDev 6y ago|0 comments
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by McDev 6y ago
You can still upload the app with your signing key. But it's also true that Google now push developers to leave the APK signing process to them
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by McDev 6y ago
The bonus might not have been paid until this month though, the start of the new financial year
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by McDev 7y ago
>When Amazon accidentally sells expensive camera equipment for 99% off on Prime Day I've always wondered how much of those are actually mistakes, and not just media stunts
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by McDev 7y ago
And Kotlin data classes: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/data-classes.html
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by McDev 7y ago
I'm a self taught programmer and started developing for Android in 2012. It took me a while before I realised that you needed third party libraries to do absolutely anything useful as the platform APIs were so poor and undocumented. Th
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by McDev 7y ago
I'm not sure what you mean by that being the point in brexit. Theresa May voted for remain and introduced bills like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigatory_Powers_Act_2016
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by McDev 7y ago
From my experience it just creates another question for the interviewer, i.e. "What were you doing during this period?". Similar to how banks view gaps in employment as additional risk when applying for a mortgage for example (at
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by McDev 7y ago
This is why I love the cinema. I'm forced to watch the actual movie. Even if it's not great, it's 2 hours where I will be focused on something and not mindlessly scrolling. Sometimes I even enjoy the movie!
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by McDev 7y ago
A bit strange after reading this headline: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/20/uk_conservatives_br...
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by McDev 7y ago
Same for the UK.
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by McDev 7y ago
Ouch! A recent Reddit post immediately came to mind: https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/ea86jt/users_re...
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by McDev 7y ago
>If you're a company agreeing that philosophy, we would love to connect. Join us by contributing a task, or let us know about your ideas. Do these companies who "contribute" tasks get to see the source code for the submiss
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by McDev 7y ago
In addition to push notifications, they kept pushing their TV+ app to the first position of my apps selector. I kept removing it. Then I just switched off internet access. Smart TVs are dumb.
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by McDev 7y ago
While you're looking for a mentor, take a look at this guide and see if it helps. https://github.com/kamranahmedse/developer-roadmap#back-end-...
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by McDev 7y ago
Further down: ... privacy experts said it appeared to be permissible under federal law. That law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, generally allows hospitals to share data with business partners without tell
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by McDev 7y ago
I work at a lot of startups as a contractor. The disregard for privacy and user data everywhere I go is astounding. They're all in survival mode.
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by McDev 7y ago
Users on this site are predominantly American. Most Europeans would share the sentiment of the parent comment.
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by McDev 7y ago
Just tried this, saw the following error: google (unexpected crash: CAPTCHA required) I like the idea though
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by McDev 7y ago
Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki&
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by McDev 7y ago
I'm using a Macboook touchpad and still couldn't get past the first few slides. Scrolling felt horribly unnatural with all the jumping images.
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by McDev 7y ago
The ability to allow apps to use your location only while you're using the app is particularly useful. iOS has had this for a while now.
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by McDev 7y ago
It won't disappear from anyone's device. New users simply won't be able to download it.
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by McDev 7y ago
I can imagine a motorcyclist absolutely bricking it. I don't find this smart or that amusing.
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by McDev 7y ago
This is cool and really easy to use! I love how it captures mistakes you make (the undo actions) when sharing it.
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by McDev 7y ago
>about a hypothetical event Not entirely: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44121901 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/28/warning-sig...
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by McDev 7y ago
>Is this like Sentry? Does it send a stack on a crash? It's just like Sentry and does send back stack traces on a crash or any error the developer chooses to send back. Crashlytics part of fabric.io, which was bought by Google and i
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by McDev 7y ago
I love it! Now you just need to make a platform announcement addon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qa7KL1VScw&t=70
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by McDev 7y ago
>once you are in, you are on the hook forever or you don't get access to your precious passwords You can still view your passwords after your membership is cancelled. >Looks like it's time to consider alternatives? I've

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