Oletros

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901.
by Oletros 11y ago
> There have been studies with over 5-sigma confidence intervals that are not taken seriously simply because it's controversial. Can you link to some of them?
902.
by Oletros 11y ago
Yes, or it is a conspiracy or people is in denial. How luck we are for having people like you that can see the light. Time to move on and stop wasting time with such nonsense
903.
by Oletros 11y ago
> "It's impossible to replicate" especially if you don't want to. Let's start the conspiracy theories > There always was and still is a very strange negative fervor around this topic on hacker news Strange? W
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by Oletros 11y ago
Then what are you saying?
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by Oletros 11y ago
> That's completely ridiculous. What is completely ridiculous is claiming things without any proof > it's still generally accepted that Google makes a significant amount of its mobile revenue off of iOS This is not your cla
906.
by Oletros 11y ago
As I said, when you can find that "report" we can start to discuss about the figures. Until then, it has the same validity as using a random function in a computer to guess those numbers
907.
by Oletros 11y ago
Then I suppose that you will provide proof of that. And then you could explain why Cornell uses Google Apps for the students.
908.
by Oletros 11y ago
Well, Alphabet doesn't have that motto, perhaps is what you read.
909.
by Oletros 11y ago
> They definitely did advertise themselves with the motto "Do No Evil," which they dropped some time ago, Google has not dropped that motto
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by Oletros 11y ago
> Here's an article from May of 2015 that says that 75% of Google's mobile search revenue comes from iOS, Ah, the other figure from a report from Goldman Sachs that nobody has seen but it is now dogma. When you find the report
911.
by Oletros 11y ago
> It's been stated in numerous articles over the years Then it will be easy to find any source that it is not the same old "Google makes 4 times more from iOS than from Android" that was debunked years ago for using assump
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by Oletros 11y ago
> They effectively sell user information by way of allowing their customers to target individuals for a price If you're implying that advertisers can target an specific user, this is false
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by Oletros 11y ago
> Google doesn't care. They're the "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear, and you better not fear advertisers, because we just told them all about you" crowd. Still with that out of context quote?
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by Oletros 11y ago
> Google makes more money from iOS than they do from Android. Source?
915.
by Oletros 11y ago
> Do you really believe Google will: The same can be said about other for profit organization. If the times changes and the board changes they can change their behaviour. So, it is only ifs. > Of course, this doesn't matter when
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by Oletros 11y ago
> What sets Apple apart from Googles and Facebooks is that it's the only company that stores the data in way that Apple itself cannot read it In an smartphone with encryption. If the data is on iCloud they can read it Ups, the same
917.
by Oletros 11y ago
> I think Pichai is making a distinction between handing over data they already own (eg. a Gmail account) and data stored on user-controlled devices, which must be hacked to access. No, Pichai is making a distinction between giving the i
918.
by Oletros 11y ago
Translation: I'm trying hard but I don't have the level to even start a flamebait
919.
by Oletros 11y ago
Shocking, Gruber dismissing something from Google.
920.
by Oletros 11y ago
> They store their customers data in a way they can access and subsequently have to give it to persecuters What has to do your post with this claim?
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by Oletros 11y ago
It is logic that they do that, and the right thing to do
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by Oletros 11y ago
> That version of Android is only on a handful of devices, And? > Google is not expressly clear that they don't have your encryption keys on Lollipop and lower; They have explicitly said that if the device is encrypted they don&#
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by Oletros 11y ago
> For either company to unlock the device without the owner’s permission the smartphone or tablet must not be encrypted, according to the report.[0] [0] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/24&#x2
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by Oletros 11y ago
No problem
925.
by Oletros 11y ago
> The point I was trying to make is that Google and Facebook have direct access to all the data of their customers, and already provide access to government agencies. Contrary to Apple they don't safely store some data of their cost
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by Oletros 11y ago
You should read your link, because this is not what it says
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by Oletros 11y ago
Yeees, I'm asking why he thinks there is little hope that they will stand
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by Oletros 11y ago
> Why wold Google and Facebook get behind this? They store their customers data in a way they can access and subsequently have to give it to persecuters when there's a court order Exactly like Apple. Or do you think that the emails
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by Oletros 11y ago
I know that it is an idiom, I asking why he has no hope
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by Oletros 11y ago
> Huge props to Apple - here's hoping against hope that Google, Facebook, and Amazon get behind this. Why against hope?

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